Lilian Greenwood MP is set to ask Italian giants Juventus to repay a 116-year-old favour and help Notts County with a new kit.
The Magpies are currently wearing their first-team shirts from last season, with fresh designs by Puma yet to be delivered because they have not been paid for.
The new owners are expected to stump up the cash, with current chairman Alan Hardy claiming a Danish consortium will complete a deal for the club on Wednesday.
But Ms Greenwood hopes Juventus could lend a helping hand in the meantime, after they adopted their iconic black and white kit thanks to Notts way back in 1903.
The Labour MP for Nottingham South is now set to write to Juve in the hope they will offer their support, with the two clubs sharing a fantastic relationship that spans a century.
It began when Juve wanted to abandon their pink shirts which led to them asking their English player, Tom Savage, for assistance.
They wanted a strip that could withstand being washed without fading, which led to Savage contacting a friend back in Nottingham.
He was a Notts supporter and subsequently sent a bundle of black and white striped shirts to Italy and the rest is history.
Since then, the Old Lady’s strip has become famous in European football, having been worn by footballing icons Zinedine Zidane and Andrea Pirlo among many others.
But Juventus abandoned their black and white stripes this season for a new design that has not gone down well with the traditionalists.
Still, the bond with the Italian giants has always remained strong which was underlined in 2011 when they invited Notts to play a special friendly to mark the opening of their new stadium.
Originally, then chief executive Jim Rodwell had rung Juventus to ask about the prospect of playing a game to recognise Notts’ 150th-year anniversary.
But Juventus’ president Andrea Agnelli stunned Notts by calling chairman Ray Trew to ask if they wanted to travel to Italy to become the first visitors to their new ground.
In what turned out to be a hugely memorable occasion, and in front of a crowd of 41,000, Notts and Juventus played out an entertaining clash which united them even more.
Luca Toni had opened the scoring, while Lee Hughes became the first English player to score at the Allianz Stadium as the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
