Asensio next? Five times loanees haunted their parent club | OneFootball

Marco Asensio is set for an unfamiliar situation when Aston Villa take on Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League tonight.

Asensio is on loan at Aston Villa from PSG and has been a huge hit since arriving in the Midlands. UEFA rules dictate that clubs cannot ban on-loan players from facing them in European competition, with Asensio free to face PSG this evening.

Should the Spaniard star, it would not be the first time a loanee has haunted their parent club.

Five times loanees haunted their parent club

Fernando Morientes

Perhaps the most memorable occasion of a loanee sending a statement to his parent club.

Fernando Morientes was unceremoniously pushed out the exit door at Real Madrid in 2003, a casualty of the club’s Galactico vanity project. Morientes had scored a century of goals for Real Madrid over the previous seven seasons and didn’t forget where the net was on loan at Monaco.

He scored 22 goals in all competitions for the French side, including goals in both legs of Monaco’s Champions League elimination of Real Madrid. A thrilling tie ended 5-5 on aggregate, with Monaco progressing on away goals in a huge upset.

One of the surprise packages of the season, Monaco reached the final. Morientes ended the campaign as the Champions League’s top scorer.

Lomana LuaLua

Loans between Premier League clubs were only introduced in 2003, with Lomana LuaLua heading from Newcastle to Portsmouth in search of minutes the following year.

In a fixture between the teams at Fratton Park, Newcastle were leading 1-0 in a result that would have boosted their hopes of Champions League qualification. Enter, Lualua. With just one minute of normal time remaining, the Congo forward slammed in an equaliser before heading off in signature somersaulting celebration.

It was a goal and moment that virtually ended his Newcastle career. LuaLua, unwilling to return, pushed through a permanent move to Portsmouth in the summer.

In a bid to avoid such circumstances repeating, the Premier League banned loanees from playing against their parent club.

Thibaut Courtois

Chelsea cheekily demanded compensation from Atletico Madrid to allow on-loan goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to face them in the Champions League. In the third of his three seasons on loan with Atletico, the teams met in the Champions League semi-finals.

UEFA shut down Chelsea’s demand for a £2.5m fee for Courtois to face them and declared any such clause “null, void and unenforceable”. Courtois started both legs of the semi-final, recording a clean sheet in the first meeting, as Atletico ended Chelsea’s Champions League dream.

Kingsley Coman

Kingsley Coman joined Bayern Munich on a two-year loan from Juventus and was soon up against his parent club in Europe.

In an enthralling last-16 tie, Juventus were seconds from progress until Coman came off the bench to help turn the contest in Bayern’s favour.

He set up Thomas Muller’s 91st-minute equaliser to force extra time, before scoring the progress-clinching goal as Bayern won 4-2 on the night and 6-4 on aggregate.

Philippe Coutinho

Philippe Coutinho failed to live up to expectations at Barcelona, who broke their transfer record to sign the midfielder from Liverpool for a £142m fee. After a bright start, he faded and fell out of favour, with the Brazilian allowed to join Bayern Munich on loan.

Coutinho starred as the German giants inflicted an unforgettable humiliation on his parent club. Bayern were leading their quarter-final with Barcelona 5-2 when Coutinho was introduced from the bench – with the playmaker refusing to go easy on his permanent employers.

He scored twice and created another in the closing stages, as Bayern triumphed 8-2 in one of the most shocking scorelines in Champions League history.

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