Atletico Madrid have become a force to be reckoned with in Spain again over the past decade or so and even managed to pip Real Madrid and Barcelona to the domestic title twice.
Their success is often being attributed to head coach Diego Simeone and the flamboyant Argentine certainly deserves a lot of credit for Atletico's resurgence.
Simeone's presence is by no means the only reason for their return to the top, though, as they have showed some shrewd business in the transfer market as well.
Buy cheap and sell high has very much been their mantra and they have made healthy profits on players such as Thomas Partey, Antoine Griezmann and Rodri to name just a few.
Who has been their most profitable piece of business over the last two decades or so, though?
Atletico Madrid most expensive sales by season
Season | Biggest sale | Fee | Total sales |
2022-23 | Renan Lodi | €5M/£4.50M | €6.95M/£6.26M |
2021-22 | Kieran Trippier | €14M/£12.60M | €22.75M/£20.48M |
2020-21 | Thomas Partey | €50M/£45M | €83.30M/£74.97M |
2019-20 | Antoine Griezmann | €120M/£108M | €309M/£278.10M |
2018-19 | Jonny Otto | €21M/£18.90M | €57.90M/£52.11M |
2017-18 | Yannick Carrasco | €30M/£27M | €104M/£93.60M |
2016-17 | Borja Baston | €18M/£16.20M | €44M/£39.60M |
2015-16 | Jackson Martinez | €42M/£37.80M | €152M/£136.80M |
2014-15 | Diego Costa | €38M/£34.20M | €89.30M/£80.37M |
2013-14 | Radamel Falcao | €43M/£38.70M | €70.10M/£63.09M |
2012-13 | Eduardo Salvio | €11M/£9.90M | €21.35M/£19.22M |
2011-12 | Sergio Aguero | €40M/£36M | €85.35M/£76.82M |
2010-11 | Jose Manuel Jurado | €11M/£9.90M | €23.90M/£21.51M |
2009-10 | Johnny Heitinga | €6.80M/£6.12M | €17.90M/£16.11M |
2008-09 | Jose Antonio Reyes | €2.65M/£2.39M | €3.45M/£3.11M |
2007-08 | Fernando Torres | €38M/£34.20M | €52.10M/£46.89M |
2006-07 | Mateja Kezman | €7M/£6.30M | €7M/£6.30M |
2005-06 | Jesper Gronkjaer | €3M/£2.70M | €5.30M/£4.77M |
2004-05 | None | Nil | Nil |
2003-04 | Javier Pinola | €250,000/£225,000 | €250,000/£225,000 |
2002-03 | Juninho Paulista | €6.90M/£6.21M | €8.10M/£7.29M |
2001-02 | Salva Ballesta | €10.80M/£9.72M | €20.30M/£18.27M |
2000-01 | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | €22.50M/£20.25M | €55.55M/£50M |
TOTAL | €1.24b/£1.11b |
*All figures are taken from Transfermarkt unless stated otherwise.