5 Premier League players who had a career-defining loan move

#1 Romelu Lukaku

Lukaku spent two seasons on loan one each at West Brom and Everton

Probably one of the best performing loanee ever, Romelu Lukaku is another one of Mourinho's transfer blunders that cost Chelsea a world-class striker, barring the last few months.

Following a series of successful displays for his childhood club, Anderlecht, he was signed by Chelsea in 2011, but only played 8 league matches for the Blues that season.

Thus, he was loaned out to West Bromwich Albion the next season, where he not only became their top scorer for the season, but made history, when he became only the fourth player ever to score a hat-trick against Manchester United in the Premier League on 19 May 2013.

In his loan spell at West Brom, he established himself as a deadly striker and transformed his image from a promising talent to a world-class finisher.

Following his loan spell at West Brom, he played for Everton for three years and now plays for Manchester United.

At just 25, he is the all-time record goal-scorer for Belgium and has already crossed the 100-goal mark in the Premier League.