Atletico Madrid most expensive sales - How Rojiblancos made over €1 billion in outgoing transfers

Atletico Madrid pounced on the opportunity to sign Arda for €13 million (£11.7m) from Galatasaray in 2011, making him the most-expensive Turkish footballer of all time.

Between 2011 and 2015, Turan made over a century of appearances for Atletico before Barcelona came calling.

Los Rojiblancos were reluctant to sell, but eventually agreed to let go of their prized asset for €34m (£30.6m).

After turning down the chance to join Chelsea in 2006, Torres ended up joining Liverpool in the summer of 2007 for €38m (£34m).

The Spaniard became a cult-hero at Anfield, scoring some of the most incredible and famous goals in their modern-day history.

After scoring 81 goals in 142 appearances for the Reds, Chelsea tried to get their man for a second time and now succeeded, paying €58.5m (£52.65m) to secure the services of Torres 2011.

Signed as a back-up to Sergio Aguero and Diego Forlan, Costa quickly became an integral part of Atletico Madrid's first team.

He was heavily linked with Liverpool in 2013 as the Reds seemed ready to match his release clause, but

Costa chose to stay at Atletico and renewed his contract until 2018.

After a largely successful 2013-14 season, it was in the summer of 2014 that Chelsea showed an interest in signing him, matching Costa's €38m (£32m) release clause to bring him to London.

After incredible performances for Argentine side Independiente, Aguero moved to Atletico Madrid in a deal worth €23m (£21m).

Aguero took La Liga by storm, winning the Don Balon award for best breakthrough player in La Liga, the Golden Boy trophy and World Soccer Young Player of the Year award.

He also helped Atletico win the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup.

In 2011, Manchester City tabled an offer and Atletico cashed in on the Argentine for €40m (£36m).

Martinez moved to Atletico Madrid from Porto for a €35m (£31.5m) fee in the summer of 2015.

The Colombian striker failed to establish himself at the Wanda Metropolitano and after just seven months at the club, he was sold to Guangzhou Evergrande for €42m (£37.8m).

Martinez only made 15 appearances for Atletico, scoring two goals.

Atletico Madrid sold Falcao to newly promoted Ligue 1 outfit Monaco in May 2013 for €43m (£38.7m).

The move led to frowned eyebrows across the footballing world as Falcao was one of the most sought-after strikers in the game at the time and seemed destined for bigger things.

Just one season after his move, he was loaned to Manchester United and Chelsea in back-to-back seasons, before returning to Monaco for three more successful years

He then joined Galasataray for two years, before moving to Rayo Vallecano in 2021.

Partey joined Atletico from Leganes in 2012 and he slowly but surely developed into a key figure at the club.

The Ghana international made well over 180 appearances for Atletico Madrid, coming up with some crucial moments for his side in important games, before he left them for a Premier League adventure in 2020.

Arsenal had been chasing Partey for some time and eventually managed to lure him away from Atletico in a deal worth €50m (£45m).

After joining Atletico Madrid's youth academy back in 2007 at the age of 11, Rodri was released by the club in 2013 due to a lack of physical strength, before being signed by Villarreal.

In 2015, he made his senior debut for the reserve team and he was promoted to Villarreal's first team in December that year.

Atletico Madrid came calling again in 2018 and had to pay €20m plus €5m in variables for his signature.

His performances for Atletico in his second stint earned him a move to English giants Manchester City in 2019, with Pep Guardiola's side paying his £62.7m release clause.

After an incredible five years with Atletico in which he reached the Champions League final and won the Europa League and UEFA Super Cup, Hernandez was sold to Bayern Munich in 2019 for an eye-watering €80m (£72m).

Hernandez won the Bundesliga, DFB Pokal and the Champions League in his first season at the Bavarians and remains a key figure at the Allianz Arena to date.

Griezmann became Atletico Madrid's most-expensive sale when Barcelona came calling in 2019.

The France international was desperate for a new challenge and forced his way through to the Catalan giants, with Barca paying Griezmann's €120m (£108m) release clause.

The attacker failed to really establish himself at Camp Nou, though, and returned to Atletico on loan for two seasons in 2021.

The deal contained a €40m obligation to buy if Griezmann featured in a certain percentage of the playing time for which he was available, but Atletico had no intention of paying that fee and the forward featured for less than 30 minutes in the early stages of the 2022-23 season to prevent the obligatory buying clause from getting triggered.

Both sides eventually renegotiated a deal and Atletico would welcome Griezmann back on a permanent basis for €20m (£17.5m).