article_snippet.sent: Yet this was not Diego Costa circa 2010 to 2014.
article_snippet.sent: Sergio Ramos and Atletico Madrid
article_snippet.sent: Diego Costa gives John Terry, who is now Mario Mandzukic Chelsea team-mate, a stern look during a Champions League tie .
article_snippet.sent: No sooner had Fernando Torres left in 2007 for Liverpool, for example, than El Nino was replaced.
article_snippet.sent: Sergio Aguero turned up, alongside Diego Forlan, and Fernando Torres was old news.
article_snippet.sent: Sergio Aguero was deemed irreplaceable, until those in Madrid were introduced to Radamel Falcao the same year Kun left. 
article_snippet.sent: Then, when Radamel Falcao left for Monaco in 2013, it was Costa's turn, and so on.
article_snippet.sent: Sergio Aguero signed for Atletico in 2006 and scored 74 goals in 175 appearances in La Liga in five years .
article_snippet.sent: Radamel Falcao kept up an impressive 0.76 goals-to-game ratio during Radamel Falcao time with Atletico from 2011 .
article_snippet.sent: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink proved a great striker for Atletico as the club produce top forwards continually .
article_snippet.sent: No sooner had Fernando Torres left in 2007 for Liverpool than El Nino was replaced at Vicente Caldero .
article_snippet.sent: David de Gea left in 2011 and was replaced by Thibaut Courtois, only for the previously-anonymous Jan Oblak to take over this year.
article_snippet.sent: Much like their record with strikers, it looks inspired, as the 22-year-old who cost €16million (£11.5m) thwarted Gareth Bale, Cristiano Ronaldo and James Rodriguez almost single-handedly.
article_snippet.sent: And if the latter's showing against Real is anything to go by, then David de Gea bought just about the closest thing David de Gea could find to replace the Barclays Premier League's joint-top goalscorer.
highlights_snippet.sent: Atletico have a history of buying great strikers after selling their forwards .
  