Romelu Lukaku has taken the No.9 shirt at Chelsea as he prepares to make his second debut for the club.
Lukaku, 28, completed a club-record £97.5million move from Inter Milan to Stamford Bridge last week, 10 years on on from when he first joined the Blues from Anderlecht.
The Belgian striker played no part in Chelsea's dominant 3-0 victory over Crystal Palace last Saturday but he is expected to be available for the clash with London rivals Arsenal on Sunday.
And Lukaku has been handed his favoured No.9 jersey ahead of the encounter, the day after it was vacated by Tammy Abraham, who joined Roma for £34million.
Chelsea boss Thomas Tuchel is planning to unleash Lukaku against the Gunners and opened up on a potential formation change he feels may get the best out of the former Everton and Manchester United star.
"We will prepare him to be ready for Arsenal and hopefully he can be on the pitch," Tuchel told Chelsea’s official website .
"We get the number one striker in and we want to have him on the pitch, this is very clear."
The German added: "We have now with Romelu, the chance to play also with two strikers like they did in Inter with him, or to continue with three strikers.
"We will see now how this works out and who fights for the places around him. I think he will lift the pressure of the young guys’ shoulders."
Lukaku partnered Lautaro Martinez up front for Inter and the pair fired the Nerazzurri to their first Serie A title in 11 years last season.
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The Belgium international opened up on one of his early chats with his new manager after he was unveiled by the west London club.
Lukaku told Chelsea's official website : "The conversation was really clear from him (Tuchel), that he wants me to be a presence and a leader in the team. I have to just use all my abilities to make sure I can help the team as much as possible.
"My role will depend on what the game plan is and what the boss wants me to do.
"If he wants me to be a focal point or if he wants me to attack the spaces in behind, I can do it. The two years in Italy helped me master all the facets of the game for a striker and now I’m ready.
"I like the system that we play and I’m very flexible. I can play as a two or by myself and I’m used to the system because it’s what we play with the Belgian national team so I don’t need much time to adapt."
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