This Is Why Number 23 Jersey Was Retired By Manchester City FC

Resigning numbers on Jersey isn't as normal in football as different games.





Among the present Premier League clubs, there are just four resigned numbers. Notwithstanding Marc Vivien Foe (a camerooner who played for Manchester City FC) , West Ham have resigned numbers 6 and 38, in memory of Bobby Moore and Dylan Tombides, while Wolves resigned their number 1 shirt as a signal to Carl Ikeme, who had to resign on clinical grounds after a fight with malignancy.





26th of June, 2003, was a dark day for Cameroon as a nation and the whole Manchester City FC when the Cameroon Lions arranged against Colombia in the semi-finals of the Confederations Cup. Having qualified as champs of a gathering containing Brazil, Turkey and USA, there was trust that the Indomitable Lions could go as far as possible.




Pius Ndiefi score in the early minutes of the match and the Cameroon later won with 1-0. Be that as it may, the match would consistently be associated with the demise of the Cameroon midfielder Marc Vivien For who breath his last during the match.




The 28-year-old fallen without any players around him in the 72nd moment. Regardless of being stretchered off the pitch and getting prompt clinical consideration, specialists neglected to revive




him and he was articulated dead at some point later.

This made the Manchester City to deified him by resigning the number 23 of the Jersey and would not permit anybody to wear it since 2003. His previous clubs Lens and Lyon likewise resigned the number 17 shirt he wore at the two clubs, however Lyon have since reissued it, since Cameroonian midfielder Jean Makoun was permitted to wear it in 2008.