Tiemoue Bakayoko, the Chelsea midfielder who is on loan with his former team AS Monaco, made a major gaffe during Monaco's 3-0 win over Amiens this weekend. The big defensive midfielder forgot his jersey number, and almost subbed himself off by mistake.
Bakayoko wears the No.6 at Monaco, but he seemed not to know that as when he saw the No.14 go up on the substitution board, he jogged to the sideline, clapping to the home support. When he got to the touchline and tried to walk off, the official shooed him away, saying he wasn't the player being subbed.
That's when it hit Bakayoko, and he doubled over in embarrassed laughter. His number during his original stint with Monaco had been 14, but when he joined this summer from Chelsea, 14 had already been given to Keita Balde, which meant the Bakayoko had to settle for the No.6 jersey.
Balde came over to Bakayoko and ribbed him before (finally) being subbed. Monaco and Bakayoko were quick to put the incident up on Twitter, for posterity.
Even Cesc Fabregas joined in on the fun:
Fun fact, "baka" means idiot in Japanese, so that nickname's quite accurate in this regard.
