Joao Pedro will wear the number 10 shirt in the upcoming season, as Watford unveil their squad numbers.
The Brazilian looks set to have a more important role for the Hornets in the Championship, which begins tomorrow evening against Middlesbrough.
Danny Welbeck, who wore the number 10 shirt last season has been moved to number 38, which suggests he may be one of the players head coach Vladimir Ivic is expecting to depart.
New signing Jeremy Ngakia has been given the number 3, while Glenn Murray takes the 17 shirt he had at his former club Brighton and Hove Albion.
Stipe Perica takes number 25, while Francisco Sierralta number 31.
Returning out-on-loan players Luis Suarez and Pervis Estupinan will wear 28 and 30 respectively.
Adrian Mariappa's departure is yet to be confirmed by the club, but the he was not included in the list of squad numbers, while Ben Wilmot has been given the number six shirt worn by the defender last season.
The full list of squad numbers is as follows:
1 Ben Foster (GK)
2 Daryl Janmaat
3 Jeremy Ngakia
4 Craig Dawson
6 Ben Wilmot
7 Gerard Deulofeu
8 Tom Cleverley
9 Troy Deeney
10 João Pedro
11 Adam Masina
12 Ken Sema
13 Adalberto Peñaranda
14 Nathaniel Chalobah
15 Craig Cathcart
17 Glenn Murray
18 Andre Gray
19 Will Hughes
20 Domingos Quina
21 Kiko Femenía
22 Isaac Success
23 Ismaïla Sarr
24 Tom Dele-Bashiru
25 Stipe Perica
26 Daniel Bachmann (GK)
27 Christian Kabasele
28 Luis Suárez
29 Étienne Capoue
30 Pervis Estupiñán
31 Francisco Sierralta
32 Marc Navarro
33 Ignacio Pussetto
34 Jerome Sinclair
35 Adam Parkes (GK)
37 Roberto Pereyra
38 Danny Welbeck
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