Football purists are furious with Morgan Schneiderlin’s squad number choice at Everton

There are a few rules when it comes to football squad numbers.

Goalkeepers wear 1, only strikers should wear 9, and you're a dick if you go for a three-digit number (looking at you, Adolfo Bautista). https://twitter.com/DarrenSpherical/status/507203328552751105 Everton have confirmed their second big-money signing of the January transfer window, signing Morgan Schneiderlin from Manchester United for £20m. The Frenchman wore 28 at Old Trafford, a number currently occupied by Toffees youngster Kieran Dowell, so he'd need to go down a different route. Among the vacant numbers at Goodison Park are 13, 24 and 31, so he has gone for...two. Yes, two. https://twitter.com/Everton/status/819597206051311616 He might not be the first player to don the number two shirt despite not being a defender - indeed current Everton forward Arouna Koné wore the number during his time with Wigan Athletic - but there's something not right about a midfield player taking that number. Even worse, Everton's number two shirt will forever be associated with club legend Tony Hibbert, and it's a little presumptuous of some £20m chancer to waltz in and think he can make it his own. https://twitter.com/Haugheyyy/status/819597288897150976 https://twitter.com/belgiankev/status/819597506258595840 https://twitter.com/OsianFC/status/819597357025206272 https://twitter.com/Lord_Hibbert/status/819598194069868544 https://twitter.com/CHalsall1/status/819597684176732160 https://twitter.com/HutchTweeting/status/819597887491469312 https://twitter.com/ephemeraljoy/status/819604065378246656 Still, we suppose it could always be worse. At least he isn't a goalkeeper wearing the number two shirt.