Five footballers preparing to face former clubs in FA Cup fifth round

We love the FA Cup here at Coral. The world’s oldest knockout football competitions throws up amazing results and superb sub-plots.

Cup romance in the previous round got our football experts thinking about the last 16 ties held on Valentine’s weekend. Who has this wonderful competition thrown together, and is anyone preparing to face a former club?

After getting our heads together, we’ve come up with five players that, like an old flame, could come back to burn ex-teammates. Read on and discover who they are…

Morgan Amalfitano
West Ham United’s attacking midfield maestro Amalfitano has mainly been used as an impact substitute by Sam Allardyce, and a similar story off the bench on Valentine’s Day could break the hearts of West Bromwich Albion fans, where he spent last season on loan.

During his campaign with the Baggies, Amalfitano should have garnered a whole lotta love with The Hawthorns faithful, as all of his four Premier League goals for the West Midlands outfit were vital.

He grabbed the opener in a famous 2-1 away victory at Manchester United (see highlights below), netted in home matches with Sunderland and Cardiff City, and proved the match winner at Norwich City.

After all these contributed to points that preserved West Brom’s top-flight status, awesome Amalfitano is now sizing Europe with the Hammers. Odds of 6/1 he will score anytime on his old stomping ground in FA Cup action.

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Although he never played a Premier League game for Man Utd after coming through the Old Trafford academy, current Preston North End striker Ebanks-Blake did score for the Red Devils in the League Cup.