Originally Posted by Mr Pharmacist

I just think it should be left to the clubs to agree that players can or can't play each other. I think it was Lua Lua scoring on loan for Pompey against his parent club Newcastle which brought about the current rule. Regarding Courtois, I read that Chelsea and Atletico Madrid agreed a lower loan fee for him, but who suggested the fee for playing against us I'm not sure. I think he should play, he's played against us before. In the end I imagine that if he goes on loan their next year, they'll end up paying a lot more than this year to compensate. If he doesn't sign a contract extension he'll not go out on loan anyway.