Joao Felix's arrival at Stamford Bridge takes the number of dual representatives of both clubs to 13, with the forward following in the footsteps of plenty who have made a strong impression both in Madrid and south-west London.

Striker delight

The first man to don both the red-and-white stripes of the Rojiblancos and the royal blue of Chelsea was a club record signing in the summer of 2000. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink’s goals had failed to save Atleti from relegation in his solitary season there, prompting a direct move back to the Premier League following his earlier two-year stint at Leeds United.

The Dutchman continued to score for fun when he made the move to the Bridge for a fee of £15m, winning the Premier League Golden Boot in his maiden campaign as a Blue and became a fan favourite throughout his four years at the club, scoring memorable goals with that sledgehammer right boot.

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It’s apt that Hasselbaink was the first to play for the two clubs, as strikers offer the most current ground between us and Atletico – some successful, others less so. Diego Costa firmly falls into the former category, winning league titles with both clubs with his inimitable centre-forward play and appearing in a Champions League final for Diego Simeone’s men.

That was in 2013/14, the year he scored a penalty against Jose Mourinho’s side at Stamford Bridge in the European semi-finals. Also on target in that game was Fernando Torres and it was an emotional goal for a striker who was Atletico’s golden boy when he came through the ranks there.

His initial switch to England came with Liverpool before a stunning deadline day move to Chelsea in January 2011, after which he toiled with the pressure of a big-money move but still played a significant role in our European triumphs in Munich and Amsterdam. El Nino returned to Atleti in the twilight of his career, helping them reach the Champions League final and win the Europa League title.

More trophy winners

There are three more strikers to come, two of which won silverware at Stamford Bridge without ever truly producing their best form and another who struggled to live up to the reputation he’d built during his time with Atletico.

The latter is, of course, Radamel Falcao, the Colombian who famously scored a first-half hat-trick against us in the UEFA Super Cup game in 2012. Three years after that, he signed for the Blues following spells at Monaco and Manchester United, but scored just once during his season on loan in SW6.

Mateja Kezman spent the 2004/05 campaign with Chelsea, winning the Premier League during an incredible season for the Blues. Individually it was tough on the Serbian striker, although he did at least manage a goal in the 2005 League Cup final win over Liverpool.

He left us that summer to join Atletico, again spending a solitary season there and scoring eight goals, most of which came alongside Torres in attack. The final striker to play for both clubs is Alvaro Morata, the Spaniard who joined Chelsea from Atleti’s cross-city rivals Real Madrid in the summer of 2017.

Morata helped us to win the FA Cup in his maiden term – and, let’s not forget, he scored a peach of a header against Atleti during that season’s Champions League campaign – but returned to the Rojiblancos after 18 months, initially on loan before the move was made permanent.

Title experience

Two members of Atletico Madrid’s 2014 La Liga-winning side were both Premier League winners at Chelsea the following year. Thibaut Courtois was back at the Bridge after a hugely successful three-year loan spell in the Spanish capital, where he later returned in 2018 to sign for Real.

The Belgian developed his reputation as one of the brightest goalkeeping prospects in Europe at the Vicente Calderon Stadium before cementing that status in England, claiming eight major honours at the two clubs, as well as winning the Premier League Golden Glove in 2016/17.

Filipe Luis, meanwhile, was a Brazilian left-back who was a handy squad member during his year in west London, before returning to Atleti. He scored his solitary goal for the Blues with a free-kick against Derby County in a League Cup quarter-final tie.

Tiago is another who was a title winner with both clubs, albeit almost a decade apart. The Portuguese midfielder burst onto the scene when he joined us ahead of our 2004/05 Premier League-winning season – there are unconfirmed rumours that he still, as the song goes, ‘hates the Arsenal’ – and he was a mainstay of the Atleti team nine years later before going on to become assistant manager at the Wanda Metropolitano.

A few months after Tiago left Chelsea for Lyon in the summer of 2005, we added his fellow countryman Maniche to bolster our midfield ranks on a six-month loan deal. Although he picked up a Premier League winners’ medal, he hardly lit up the Bridge and a few months later he headed for Atletico, where he spent the next three years.

Best of the rest

Remembered less for his Atletico links and more for that famous goal against Liverpool that helped seal Champions League football back in 2003, Jesper Gronkjaer was a lightning quick winger who produced some magic moments in a Chelsea shirt.

The Dane scored in the European semi-finals the following season but the Blues crashed out in heartbreaking fashion to Monaco. He then departed that summer for Birmingham City, spending six months in the Midlands before switching to Atletico, where he had another short stay.

Most recently, Saul Niguez spent last season on loan in SW6 from Atleti, making 10 appearances and scoring a solitary goal in our FA Cup win at Luton Town.

He also got his hands on some silverware though, coming off the bench for the final 44 minutes (including extra-time) as we beat Palmeiras to win the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi.

As the latest member of the Chelsea and Atleti alumni, Joao Felix will be hoping to leave an even more lasting impression at Stamford Bridge. The 23-year-old has completed a loan deal until the end of the season and will wear the number 11 shirt for the Blues.