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It had to happen:<\/strong> For the 3+ years that we\u2019ve been running Your Wealth, it does surprise us that we\u2019ve yet to run an out-and-out football issue. Sure, we ran Afcon a few years back, but does that really count? Afcon Egypt 2019 was a big thing for Egypt, so much so that even people otherwise apathetic to football were talking about it. It was a national moment in a way that European football will never be, no matter how many goals Salah scores.<\/p>\n

So here it is:<\/strong> the inaugural Enterprise football season preview issue. With just a few weeks before the start of the new season, we revisit the tumultuous events of last season, look at the seismic changes currently underway in Spanish football, and take a look at what is happening in the transfer market. We also have the A-Z on Europe\u2019s three most-competitive leagues \u2014 the Premier League, La Liga and Serie A \u2014 (sorry Bundesliga and Ligue Un fans, but one-team leagues aren\u2019t that interesting).<\/p>\n

And if football is near the top of your \u201cthings I don\u2019t care about\u201d list?<\/strong> Allow us indoctrinate you with some of the greatest goals ever scored (watch, runtime: 9:59<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It had to happen: For the 3+ years that we\u2019ve been running Your Wealth, it does surprise us that we\u2019ve yet to run an out-and-out football issue. Sure, we ran Afcon a few years back, but does that really count? 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