Argentina confirm squad with no number 10

Argentina's number 10 shirt made famous by Diego Maradona will not be making an appearance when the squad embark on their quest…

Argentina's number 10 shirt made famous by Diego Maradona will not be making an appearance when the squad embark on their quest for a third World Cup.

Coach Marcelo Bielsa's official 23-man squad, handed to reporters at their Japanese World Cup bunker at Naraha on FIFA deadline day today, had the players numbered from one to 24 with no number 10.

FIFA recently authorised the Argentine Football Association to drop the shirt in honour of Maradona, who led his country to their second World Cup victory in Mexico in 1986.

The squad list had third-choice goalkeeper Roberto Bonano as number 24 with the 23 shirt going to River Plate's Ariel Ortega, the last man to wear 10 during the World Cup qualifiers that ended in October.

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Key playmaking midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron of Manchester United is number 11.

Claudio Caniggia, a veteran sidekick of Maradona's in the 1990 and 1994 World Cups, was confirmed for his third tournament at the age of 35 after recovering from a knee injury.

Bielsa waited until the last minute to send in his definitive squad, confirming the 23 players he called up to pre-tournament training in Rome two weeks ago.