Nobody Dare To Take No. 4 Owned By Ramos At Real Madrid

Sergio Ramos (Instagram @sergioramos)

JAKARTA - Sergio Ramos has left history at Real Madrid for 16 years at the Estadio Santiago Bernabeu. When he arrived in Madrid in 2005, he took Fernando Hierro's number 4.

Coming from Sevilla, Ramos relished the challenge of replacing Hierro. However, no one has asked for Ramos' number in the two and a half weeks since his departure to Paris Saint-Germain.

The same goes for the Spanish national team. Along with La Roja, Ramos wore the number 15 in honor of Antonio Puerta, but no other player in Luis Enrique's squad wears the number 15 for Euro 2020.

Sergio Ramos (Twitter @sergioramos)

That's because there is still so much respect for the player who captained Spain throughout the qualifiers, before Enrique was finally dropped from the tournament squad.

At Real Madrid, no one has taken the No. 4. David Alaba has just arrived and could be a candidate, but it is not yet clear whether he will take the number or not.

No.4 is rich in history at Real Madrid, and not just because of Ramos and Hierro. Before them, top players like Pirri, Uli Stielike, Ricardo Rocha and Rafael Alkorta have also used it.

Someone must definitely pick it up, because players in the first team have to use numbers between No. 1 to No. 25.

If Real Madrid wanted to register 25 players, and it would be difficult to reduce the squad that much, then they would have to use all the available numbers.

Ramos' armband, meanwhile, has been handed over to Marcelo, who previously served as Ramos' deputy.

The Brazilian is the team's new captain, although Karim Benzema is likely to wear the armband more often as he is the new vice-captain and the striker is likely to start more than Marcelo.