McNeil Everton shirt number revealed

Everton have announced the signing of winger Dwight McNeil from Burnley on a five-year contract. The 22-year-old is the third Blues signing of the summer transfer window, joining his former teammate James Tarkowski, and Ruben Vinagre whose loan signing was announced on Wednesday. The total sum is said to be close to £20 million, but a significant part of that amount comprises add-ons.

The player has been with the Clarets for the last eight years, joining the Academy from the Manchester United youth system. In his 147 appearances for Burnley’s first team he has scored seven times with seventeen assists.

McNeil will be wearing the #7 shirt for the Toffees. He has previously worn #31 and then #11 throughout his time with the Clarets. His signing will give Frank Lampard some starting calibre quality at the winger position behind Anthony Gordon, Demarai Gray, Alex Iwobi and Andros Townsend.

The Toffees are expected to be busy during the summer transfer window with Lampard looking to strengthen the defensive midfield and also add some attacking firepower especially with the departure of Richarlison.

The #7 shirt at Everton was until most recently worn by fan-favourite Richarlison. Before him there’s a veritable who’s who to have worn the iconic right winger’s number - Yannick Bolasie (17/18 - 18/19), Gerard Deulofeu (16/17), Aiden McGeady (13/14 - 15/16), Nikica Jelavic (11/12 - 13/14), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (09/10 - 11/12), Andy van der Meyde (07/08 - 08/09), Marcus Bent (04/05 - 05/06), Niclas Alexandersson (00/01 - 02/03), John Collins (98/99 - 99/00), Mickaël Madar (97/98), Graham Stuart (95/96 - 97/98), Vinny Samways (94/95), Mark Ward (93/94), Mark Ward (91/92), Robert Warzycha (90/91 - 92/93), Mike Milligan (90/91), Mike Newell (90/91), Raymond Atteveld (89/90 - 90/91), John Ebbrell (89/90), Martin Keown (89/90), Peter Beagrie (89/90), Ian Snodin (89/90 - 90/91), Pat Nevin (88/89 - 91/92), Adrian Heath (88/89), Alan Harper (87/88), Neil Adams (86/87 - 87/88), Robbie Wakenshaw (83/84), Alan Harper (83/84 - 85/86), Trevor Steven (83/84 - 88/89), Andy King (83/84), Terry Curran (82/83 - 83/84), Kevin Richardson (82/83), Adrian Heath (82/83), David Johnson (82/83), Alan Irvine (81/82 - 83/84), Alan Ainscow (81/82 - 82/83), Billy Wright (80/81), Trevor Ross (80/81 - 81/82), Steve McMahon (80/81 - 82/83), Peter Eastoe (79/80), Gary Megson (79/80 - 80/81), Asa Hartford (79/80), Geoff Nulty (79/80), Brian Kidd (78/79), Ross Jack (78/79), Colin Todd (78/79), Bruce Rioch (76/77), Duncan McKenzie (76/77), Andy King (76/77 - 78/79), Roger Kenyon (76/77), Ken McNaught (75/76), Bryan Hamilton (75/76 - 76/77), Mick Lyons (75/76), Cliff Marshall (74/75 - 75/76), Gary Jones (74/75), John Smith (73/74), Mike Bernard (73/74), Henry Newton (73/74), Colin Harvey (73/74), Mick Buckley (72/73 - 76/77), Terry Darracott (72/73), Gary Jones (72/73), Joe Harper (72/73), Bernie Wright (72/73), Billy Kenny (71/72), David Johnson (71/72 - 72/73), Joe Royle (71/72), Roger Kenyon (70/71), Johnny Morrissey (70/71), Gerry Humphreys (68/69), Alan Whittle (67/68 - 72/73), Joe Royle (67/68), Sandy Brown (67/68), Alan Ball (66/67 - 67/68), Jimmy Gabriel (66/67), John Hurst (66/67 - 67/68), Alex Young (66/67 - 67/68), Mike Trebilcock (65/66 - 66/67), Jimmy Husband (65/66 - 72/73), Derek Temple (64/65 - 66/67), Stuart Shaw (64/65 - 65/66), Alex Young (63/64), Alex Scott (62/63 - 66/67), Billy Bingham (61/62 - 62/63), Jimmy Harris (57/58)

Transfermarkt has a comprehensive Everton’s squad number history here.