Prior to Varane, Amad wore no.19 for one season, following in the footsteps of Marcus Rashford, who is one of several Academy graduate strikers to take the shirt. James Wilson and Danny Welbeck had come before.
As well as Amad, Rashford and Welbeck, Mbeumo succeeds another fine goalscorer in taking the no.19 shirt, with Treble-winner Dwight Yorke netting 66 goals in his four-year United career.
Perhaps most significantly, Mbeumo gets the same squad slot as the only other Cameroonian outfielder to represent the club, Eric Djemba-Djemba.