Footage has emerged showing Kalidou Koulibaly calling John Terry to ask for his blessing to wear the number 26 shirt at Chelsea this coming campaign.
Koulibaly, who joined from Napoli last month in a deal worth £34m, wore 26 during his time in Naples and wished to retain the number having joined Chelsea.
With the number holding such gravitas at Chelsea with Terry having worn it for his entire spell as a first team player at the club, Koulibaly deemed it necessary to call the former club captain to ask his permission to don the shirt number from this season.