Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta insists Emile Smith Rowe requested the No10 shirt.
The midfielder was handed the number after he signed a new deal.
Arteta said, “He asked for [the No 10 shirt], so that shows you the ambition and desire. I prefer players who ask for more than maybe they can take but if they believe they can do it, don't put a limit on it. When he asked me and asked the club that he would like to get that [number], okay, let's go.
“We talked a little bit, we discussed it and he knows the consequences of that, but he feels prepared to do it and if he is prepared to do it, then I am going to be right behind him to try to make him as comfortable and as happy as possible to do what he wants to do."
