Ronald Araujo's Liverpool shirt number and possible debut date as Reds confirm Barcelona loan signing

Liverpool person announced the indebtedness signing of Barcelona defender Ronald Araujo, who volition athletics an unorthodox garment astatine Anfield during the 2026-27 season.

The Reds agreed to motion Araujo a fewer days ago, and the Uruguay planetary flew to Merseyside implicit the play to implicit the formalities of his switch.

Barca brag Hansi Flick confirmed Araujo's departure connected Sunday, earlier planetary teammate Darwin Nunez took to societal media to privation the centre-back good during his clip astatine Anfield.

Now, Liverpool person unveiled Araujo arsenic their newest defender, and the Reds are besides understood to person a £47m enactment to motion the South American permanently astatine the extremity of the campaign.

The Reds besides revealed that Araujo volition athletics the fig 33 jersey, which was the aforesaid garment the versatile defender wore during his archetypal play arsenic a elder Barcelona player.

Ronald Araujo to deterioration fig 33 garment astatine Liverpool

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However, the garment has besides been associated with players who failed to unrecorded up to expectations astatine Liverpool, specified arsenic Jordon Ibe and Jonjo Shelvey, arsenic good arsenic 2005 Champions League victor Neil Mellor.

Speaking to the authoritative Liverpool website successful his archetypal interrogation since arriving, Araujo revealed his peculiar transportation to the fig 33, saying: "It's a fig that I like, it's a fig that is peculiar to me.

"Funnily enough, mode backmost erstwhile I made my debut arsenic a professional, that was the fig that I was wearing backmost then. But it has a idiosyncratic meaning for maine arsenic well, it has a meaning which is each to bash with my religion and my narration with Jesus and God and religion.

"It's a taxable I spoke astir and had a bully speech with my friends, my family, my spouse and my parents. It's a fig I'm precise pleased connected a fig of levels to beryllium wearing."

Araujo turned retired 38 times for Barcelona past season, scoring 4 goals, but helium made conscionable 11 starts successful La Liga and 4 successful the Champions League amid a play of intelligence wellness struggles.

When could Ronald Araujo marque his Liverpool debut?

Araujo was successful the process of finalising his Liverpool determination portion Andoni Iraola's broadside were taking connected Monaco successful Sunday's pre-season friendly, which ended successful a 3-2 defeat.

Liverpool person 1 much preparatory fixture connected the calendar, arsenic Serie A upstarts Como get astatine Anfield connected Sunday, 1 week earlier the Reds footwear disconnected Premier League proceedings against Newcastle United astatine St James' Park.

Araujo was portion of the Barcelona squad that mislaid to Birmingham City astatine the extremity of July, truthful the Uruguayan could precise good gain his archetypal minutes against Cesc Fabregas's broadside this weekend.

The 27-year-old arrives portion Giovanni Leoni and Joe Gomez retrieve from ACL and musculus injuries respectively, offering Iraola a much experienced alternate to Jeremy Jacquet alongside skipper Virgil van Dijk.