I think our similarities with Atletico would be that they are/were very much a tier 2 outfit as I would call them (below the top 7/8 super teams in turnover) but with additional funds have probably become a sort of hybrid of what to do between being a super team and being a very dynamic club (thinking of your Lille's, Leipzigs etc). To a degree Dortmund are close to that space, and Spurs were for a time.
I sense with Moshiri's money and impatience, if we were to be successful that might be a better space for us to operate than going the full RB Leipzig way.
In terms of the specificity of the team and manager and in this article it was more about a playing style. Atletico have developed a style that works for them, but it isn't trying to emulate what the dominant trends of the top teams are. As I think I mentioned, big, strong, powerful, organised, good at set pieces etc. You could say like an elite Burnley. I think thats a good model to follow actually.
I mean some say you will hit a glass ceiling playing that way, but to me Atletico seem to disprove this somewhat.
That was the thinking.