Barcelona Luis Figo will be just one of five "turncoats" at the Nou Camp on Saturday when Barcelona take on archrivals Real Madrid.
Barcelona fans indignant at the Portuguese international's world record transfer to the Spanish capital over the northern summer have promised him a less than affectionate welcome back.
They are expected to drape banners around the ground calling him a traitor and whistle his every move.
Sport newspaper, supposedly quoting Barca fans, screamed "money-grabber" across its front page on Friday, above a mocked-up 10 billion peseta note with a picture of Luis Figo in a white shirt.
The player himself says he has been made to feel like an "assassin" in the run-up to the game although he insists he is relaxed about his return to the club where he made his name.
Figo, though, is merely the most high-profile player to have switched allegiances between the two clubs in an age when loyalties are not so clearly defined.
Real Madrid midfielder Albert Celades is the man most likely to benefit from the Figo saga.
In all the blaze of publicity surrounding the departure of Figo, Celades's own past in the burgundy and blue of Barcelona has gone virtually unnoticed.
Celades, born in Catalan-speaking Andorra, joined Barcelona as a 19-year-old in 1994. He soon broke into the first team and played as a defensive midfielder for five seasons before finding himself surplus to requirements under Louis van Gaal.
He left to join Celta Vigo on a free transfer before jumping ship to Real Madrid. He is currently on his way back from injury and will likely start the game on the bench but he may nevertheless be grateful that the spotlight is elsewhere.
One player on show today will know all about what lies in store for Figo.
Luis Enrique left Real Madrid in 1996 and he is still whistled relentlessly every time he returns to the Bernabeu.
Two other Barca players had spells at real Madrid. Dani was in the Real B squad for three years from 1992 to 95 and, after a couple of years at Real Zaragoza, he joined the first team in 1997.
He played just a handful of games but he was part of the 22-man squad that came back from Amsterdam with the European cup at the end of the 1997-98 season before moving on to Real Mallorca and finally to Barcelona.
Fellow striker Alfonso, who is set to lead the attack on Saturday, is even more closely associated with Real Madrid.
He was born in the Spanish capital and came up through the youth ranks at Real. He joined the first team squad in 1990 and played at the Bernabeu for five years before moving to Real Betis.
The Spanish international forward was strongly tipped for a move back to the European champions over the summer before opting to join up once again with Llorenc Serra Ferrer, his former coach at Betis.
He knows he may well be on the receiving end of what is waiting for Figo on Saturday when Barca travel to the Bernabeu for the league return in March.
"If there are 100,000 people whistling at one particular player I honestly don't know how it must affect you," he said.
"But you know the responsibility you have for the club you're playing for and you just try to concentrate on that. I play for Barcelona now." Figo, meanwhile, was being as diplomatic as possible in the run-up to the game.
Asked twice if he now truly felt himself to be a Real Madrid man, he replied, "Me? I'm Portuguese." (Reuter)