The players who previously starred at the Vicente Calderon.
Amazingly there are a number of players currently starring for Premier League clubs who made their name at Atletico Madrid.
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So here CaughtOffside power ranks them.
7. Filipe Luis, Chelsea
Joined the Blues for £15.8m over the summer after winning La Liga and reaching the Champions League final in 2013/14, but due to the continued excellence of Cesar Azpilicueta at left-back the Brazil international has struggled for game time and therefore comes in bottom on our list.
6. Radamel Falcao, Manchester United
Some would argue that this striker was already a star in Europe from his time with FC Porto, but it was with Atletico that Falcao really shone. However, he has failed to reach the same heights whilst on-loan at Old Trafford from AS Monaco currently as his continues to struggle with injuries.
5. Fernando Torres, Chelsea (on-loan at AC Milan)
It’s a long time since Torres was at the Vicente Calderon Stadium having originally joined Liverpool back in 2007, but the Spaniard was Atleti’s youngest ever captain and despite being considered a failure at Stamford Bridge has certainly done more than Filipe and Falcao so far.
4. David de Gea, Manchester United
Is still the second most expensive goalkeeper of all-time behind Gianluigi Buffon after the Red Devils were moved to pay £18.6m for the Spain international back in 2011 and after a shaky start to life in England there is a good case to argue de Gea is United’s most in-form player currently.
3. Diego Costa, Chelsea
Despite only arriving in West London this summer in a £32m deal, with 11 goals in 12 league matches already for the Blues, Costa has shown why he is regarded as one of the best strikers in world football and could be the missing link to bring the title back to the Bridge this term.
2. Thibaut Courtois, Chelsea
Just sneaking ahead of the 26-year-old is his old Atletico teammate, who is now impressing alongside the forward back at his parent club having enjoyed three years of success on-loan in the Spanish capital between 2011 and 2014 – signed as a replacement for de Gea.
1. Sergio Aguero, Manchester City
Yet top of the pile is an Argentina international who has an impressive haul of 94 goals in 143 games since first arriving at the Etihad Stadium back in 2011 and probably justified his £38m transfer fee by scoring the goal that sealed the title for the Citizens in dramatic fashion in 2011/12.