Allegedly and conceivably dropping No 1, retaining rest of soccer team? (10)

I believe the answer is:

ostensibly

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'allegedly' is the definition.
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I can't explain the rest of the clue.

(Other definitions for ostensibly that I've seen before include "Seemingly" , "to all intents and purposes" , "on the face of it" , "Evidently" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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