Overview

• Jack Grealish completed a season-long loan to Everton with a £50 million option to buy, freeing up City’s iconic No. 10 shirt
• Cherki joined from Lyon for an initial £31 million earlier this summer and was initially assigned No. 29 during the Club World Cup
• Manchester City confirmed that Cherki will wear the No. 10 for the 2025-26 campaign, replacing the shirt vacated by Grealish
• The No. 10 traditionally denotes a primary creative attacker, signalling Pep Guardiola’s intent to integrate the 21-year-old into City’s first-team plans
• Cherki said he was “very happy to play with the No. 10” and could make his debut in the shirt away at Wolves this weekend