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Aston Villa star Marco Asensio has the chance to haunt his parent club, Paris Saint-Germain, thanks to a unique UEFA ruling.
The Spaniard, a three-time Champions League winner, has proven a sensation since joining Villa on loan from PSG in January.
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Since arriving on deadline day, the attacking midfielder has managed eight goals and an assist from 11 games.
Asensio has already scored more goals under Unai Emery in three months than he's managed across the entirety of his spell with PSG.
Three of his strikes in a Villa shirt have come in the Champions League, a competition he won three times at Real Madrid.
Asensio scored in both legs of the 6-1 aggregate win over Club Brugge in the last-16 to book his loan side's spot in the quarter-finals.
In an ironic turn of events, the 29-year-old will now reunite with PSG after the Ligue 1 giants shockingly eliminated Liverpool last round.
Why can Asensio play against PSG?
Had this tie been domestic, then Asensio would be forced to sit on the sidelines as a loanee, as per Premier League rules.
Fellow loanee Axel Disasi sat out Villa's 2-1 win with his parent club Chelsea in February, while Marcus Rashford won't be able to play against Manchester United next month.
Fortunately for Villa, Champions League rules are different, with Emery already facing the reverse earlier in the season.
Samuel Iling-Junior returned to Villa Park with Bologna in October, prior to joining Middeslborough on loan during the winter.
UEFA's rules state that clubs cannot apply 'any influence whatsoever over the players that another club may (or may not) field in a match'.
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Asensio will now hope to share the impact of other loan players having an impact against their parent clubs in the Champions League.
Philippe Coutinho memorably scored twice for Bayern Munich in their 8-2 win over Barcelona while on a temporary stint in Germany.
Bayern also utilised James Rodriguez and Kingsley Coman to both find the net against parent clubs Real Madrid and Juventus.
Los Blancos have also been burned by Fernando Morientes when he scored in both legs of a 5-5 away goals defeat to Monaco.
Patrick Robers once earned Celtic a point when he scored in a 1-1 draw at the Etihad while still a registered Manchester City player.
In 2014, UEFA also blocked Chelsea from demanding a fee from Atletico Madrid to field Thibaut Courtois against them in that season's sem-finals - and duly were left to rue their mistake as Diego Simeone’s men were 3-1 victors.
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PSG vs Aston Villa: talkSPORT coverage
This Champions League quarter-final first leg will take place on Wednesday, April 9.
Kick-off at the Parc des Princes is scheduled for 8pm.
talkSPORT will have live coverage of all the action from Paris.
Adrian Durham will be your host while commentary will be coming from Jim Proudfoot and former Aston Villa captain Andy Townsend.
To tune in to talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 through the website, click HERE for the live stream.
You can also listen via the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
The game will also be broadcast live on TNT Sports.
