Once Brentford and Swansea City's Championship play-off final second leg has been concluded one former Exeter City starlet the shot at winning promotion to the Premier League.
The question is - will it be Bees' striker Ollie Watkins or Swans' skipper Matt Grimes?
Watkins, who left the Grecians to join Brentford in 2017 for £1.8million, has found the back of the net 25 times in the 2019-20 campaign and has emerged as one of the leading strikers outside the top-flight. Even if the Bees were to miss out on promotion to the Premier League it is not impausible that Watkisn could attract plenty of interest from a number of Premier League clubs. This would have an additional benefit to the Grecians, who are believed to have a sell-on clause as part of the deal that took him to Griffin Park in the summer of 2017.
Grimes, the Grecians' player of the year for the 2013-14 campaign, left St James Park for Swansea in January 2015 for £1.5 million - which was the record fee received by Exeter City until it was eclipsed by Watkins' move to the Bees. He made his debut as a substitute on February 1, 2015 against Queens Park Rangers before being loaned out to Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Northampton Town.
Despite only making four appearances for Swansea in the Premier League prior to their relegation in 2018, he has established himself as a first team regular since their return to the Championship and is currently the Swans' club captain - a responsiblity that he acquired in the 2018-19 campaign.
Swansea currently lead 1-0 on aggregate heading into tomorrow night's second leg, with the winner facing either Fulham or Cardiff City (Fulham won the first leg 2-0) for a shot at winning promotion to the Premier League. If either Watkins or Grimes were plying their trade in the top-flight next season, it would provide the Grecians' youth set-up with another boost.
