When he arrived at Olympique Lyonnais, Pavel Sulc didn’t just join a new club — he also had to fight to secure a symbolic shirt number.
Sulc now wears the prestigious number 10 at OL. The Czech player was determined to take the number recently vacated by Alexandre Lacazette, which initially made Lyon’s management hesitant.
A Bold Promise to Secure a Legendary Number
“I said I wanted the number 10 to show that I believed in myself,” he explained to Ligue 1+. But the club had doubts: “They were wary of how the fans would react. They didn’t know if I would establish myself right away.”
“If I’m not good enough, I’ll give my number back!”
In the end, Sulc made the difference with a daring proposal: “They eventually gave it to me, and I made them an offer: ‘If I’m not good enough, I’ll give my number back next summer!’” A promise that now seems irrelevant given his performances, which are likely to convince both the club’s management and supporters to let him keep this prestigious number.
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