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SI.com: World Soccer: 'Big Three' no longer reign in Serie A

Where have all the wonder teams gone? There was a time -- perhaps there still is that time -- when the Serie A championship was totally dominated by the three superpowers: Inter Milan, AC Milan and Juventus. Not only has this trio won 26 of the last 33 league titles, it has also tended (at least one has) to utterly dominate the season, home and away.

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: Sizing up all eight groups in Champions League

Finally, the 2009-10 UEFA Champions League draw is done and we know who's playing who and when.

SI.com: World Soccer: Serie A unwilling to drop veterans to find new talent

What do the following have in common: keeper Vincenzo Fiorillo (Sampdoria), fullback Francesco Renzetti (Genoa), center-half Giuseppe Bellusci (Catania), midfielders Fabio Sciacca (Catania) and Andrea Poli (Sampdoria), and strikers Abel Hernández (Palermo), Guido Marilungo (Sampdoria) and Alberto Paloschi (Parma)?

SI.com: Gregory Sica: Top 10 South American transfers to watch in Europe

If this summer's transfer window is any indication, we can look forward to one of the most exciting European seasons in decades. With the three most expensive transfers in the history of the game recently made for amounts previously unimaginable, the stakes are higher than ever.

SI.com: Grant Wahl: Onyewu slowly finding his way at new club AC Milan

Spend some time in the inner sanctum of AC Milan's high-security hotel floor, and you'll see soccer royalty up close and personal. Up walks Ronaldinho, the two-time FIFA World Player of the Year, with a smile and a "Bom día." Here comes Clarence Seedorf, the four-time Champions League winner, with a handshake and tales of meeting Nelson Mandela.

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: 11 questions for 11 clubs in strange transfer season

It has been a weird summer of transfers. Most of Europe's top leagues kick off next month and yet, with a few exceptions (Real Madrid and, to a lesser degree, Juventus and Bayern Munich), there hasn't been too much going on. The window won't close until Aug. 31. In the meantime, here's an attempt at making sense of it all, with 11 questions facing 11 big clubs:

SI.com: World Soccer: Can depleted AC Milan mount challenge next year?

It seemed the 2008-09 season was barely seconds over before AC Milan turned just about everything on its head. Bad enough Captain Courageous, Paolo Maldini, has finally (at the age of almost 41) opted to retire, but next season, the Rossoneri will also be without two key figures of recent seasons: coach Carlo Ancelotti and Brazilian ace Kaká, who have left for Chelsea and Real Madrid, respectively.

SI.com: World Soccer: Despite crisis, big names will move in summer market

The summer transfer market is a few weeks away from opening and already the signs are that the global financial crisis is forcing clubs to rethink their annual spending.

SI.com: World Soccer: Why is Italy failing so miserably in Champions League?

Serie A's status suffered another blow with the failure of any Italian clubs to make the last eight of this season's Champions League. Is Italian soccer on the slippery slope of irreversible decline and fall? The question inevitably asks itself in the wake of Serie A interest in the Champions League being ended by teams from the English Premier League for a second successive season.

SI.com: Soccer America: Everyone from MLS to Milan to Inter waiting on Beckham

At a family function over the weekend -- the xxth birthday of my mom's best friend (I am forbidden to supply specifics) -- I got a few questions to the effect of, "So, what are you writing about in the soccer world?"

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