James wants to become the latest former Real player to return to haunt them Champions League - Bayern vs Real Madrid Like Morata Morientes, Etoo...

James Rodriguez is preparing for one of the biggest games of the season for Bayern Munich and he will be a focus point of attention against Real Madrid, a side where he won the league and the Champions League but could never hold down a regular starting place.

Now his job is to try and eliminate Madrid and history shows that this is a common part of football and happened this season with Di Maria at PSG and with Khedira and Higuain at Juventus.

There are cases of players that have left Madrid and have returned to haunt them with a great example being Fernando Morientes, loved by the fans, who moved to Monaco on loan and they met in the quarter finals of the 2003/4 Champions League.

At the Bernabeu, madrid were winning 4-1 when Morientes got another for Monaco and his goal was even applauded. In the return leg Morientes scored again in a 3-1 defeat for Madrid, which turned into a crisis and the end of the 'galactico era'

Since then there has been a clause put into the contracts of players that are away on loan that the club has to pay more if they face Madrid.

Another famous case was with Alvaro Morata, who had joined Juventus with Madrid maintaining a buy-back clause. The teams met in the 2014/15 Champions League semi finals with Morata scoring in a 2-1 win for Juve in the first leg. In the return leg, Ronaldo put Madrid ahead before Morata got an equaliser.

Slightly different situations involved players like Samuel Eto'o who had been in the Real Madrid youth team but ended up at Barcelona after moving to Mallorca and he played in the famous 5-1 defeat at the Bernabeu where he got two goals.

Now James will be looking to emulate these players and cause worry for the Bernabeu club.