Leeds United's newest signing Max Wober's shirt number has been revealed as he becomes the club's first arrival in the January transfer window.
The Austrian international, who has 13 senior caps for his country, swapped Red Bull Salzburg for Elland Road after he penned a four-and-a-half year deal earlier this week.
Whites manager Jesse Marsch will be pleased to be reunited with the 24-year-old after their time together at Salzburg, when the American made him the most expensive signing in Austria Bundesliga history.
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Wober has the ability to play in his main position at centre-back but can also fill in at left-back, a position that's been typically filled by usual central defender Pascal Struijk so far this season.
The Whites defence has been a main point of contention throughout the first half of this season, with Leeds having shipped more goals than all but four teams in their first 16 matches.
But with Wober coming in to bolster his new defensive unit, he'll don the number 39 shirt during his first season with the Whites, in between squad members Cody Drameh (37) and Sam Greenwood (42).
Recent past wearers of that shirt include Leeds loanee Stuart McKinstry who is currently out on loan at Motherwell in the Scottish Premiership and Ryan Edmondson who wore the number in the 2018/19 season and now plays for Carlisle United.
Former Whites striker Anthony Elding also wore the number in the 2007/08 season while future Premier League midfielder Fabian Delph wore the number while in his first season with Leeds back in 2006/07.
Centre-forward Simon Johnson wore the number from 2002 up until 2005, while left-back Gareth Evans was the last player to wear the number before the turn of the century when he wore it in the 1999/00 season - the year after Alan Smith had swapped the number for 17.
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