#2 Wears the No.14 shirt for a particular reason
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Bakayoko has elected to take the No.14 shirt in tribute to the area of Paris in which he grew up. In the centre of the city, each area is given a designated number, and his was the 14th. Growing up in that neighbourhood is evidently something that has given him a great deal of pride.
“It’s a fair return for everything that it gave me,” he said. “Going onto the field thinking about my neighbourhood gives me strength. It was there I created myself as an individual.”
Indeed, go into that area of the city and you will see many youngsters wearing Bakayoko’s Monaco shirt – testimony to the presence he still has around the area and unusual when they are PSG’s main Ligue 1 rivals at the moment.
“It’s rewarding!” the player explained. “Wearing your shirt gives you responsibilities. Little kids look at you. You have an obligation to behave impeccably.”
