Tottenham Hotspur remain in the chase to sign Bryan Mbeumo in the summer transfer window.
Mbeumo had his best ever Premier League season for Brentford last time out, scoring 20 goals - a figure only beaten by Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak and Erling Haaland - and providing nine assists.
Mbeumo has spent the past six seasons in west London with the Bees, but now looks set to move on, should another club put up the required cash to prise him away.
Manchester United looks like the Cameroonian's most likely destination, with the Red Devils in talks over a deal for some time now, although Brentford want more than the £60million they have been offered so far.
Thomas Frank's move to replace Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham, however, changed things, with Spurs naturally linked with a making a move for Mbeumo to reunite the duo who worked so well as manager and main striker in west London.
And Tottenham could hand Mbeumo the perfect welcome gift of his desired shirt number - on one condition.
Mbeumo has been wearing the No.19 shirt at Brentford since he joined the Bees in 2019/20. There would have been opportunities to switch numbers in that time, but he has stuck with 19.
Now that number is currently worn by Spurs frontman Dominic Solanke - one of the few players Frank namechecked in his first interview at the club this week.
Solanke is going nowhere, but the Englishman may well want to swap shirt numbers. He wore No.9 at Bournemouth and wore 29 at Liverpool in two separate seasons, clearly wanting a number with nine in it.
The No.9 shirt currently belongs to Richarlison at Spurs, but there are question marks over his future at the club. He has not always been available over the last few seasons due to injuries and as well as links with the Saudi Pro League, there are suggestions a return to Everton could be on the cards too.
Were Richarlison to leave, Solanke would likely take the No.9 shirt for his own as the club's main striker and that would leave 19 free for Mbeumo to wear should he complete a £70million move to join Frank at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Frank would surely be looking to bring another attacker into the club if Richarlison was to leave, which would add credence to the links with Mbeumo, as would a departure for Son Heung-min, who is more open to leaving N17 than ever before, with the Spurs captain not mentioned in Frank's first interview with the club.