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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: World Soccer: Restocked Real Madrid making a $400 million gamble

Return of the Galácticos. Galácticos Strike Back. Revenge of the Galácticos. Galácticos Part Deux.

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: Likability factors heavily into greatest-player debate

There are some people who, I guess, are just not meant to be liked. Maybe they don't fit with what we expect, or perhaps there's something about them that prompts us to judge them more harshly than others. Or maybe they just don't look right.

SI.com: The Limey: England's Big Four all go chasing tournament glory

Silverware, iPods, playground spats, free booze and nights in jail. Confused? You should be, but it's all in a day's work for Team Limey in the reporting of what's happening in English soccer.

People.com: Soccer Hunk Cristiano Ronaldo Totals Ferrari

The Manchester United star crashes his car in an airport tunnel

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: Is Cristiano Ronaldo one of the all-time greats yet?

So Cristiano Ronaldo has won the Ballon d'Or as European Footballer of the Year (though, in fact, it's a bit of a misnomer: Any professional in the world is now eligible). And, barring an Act of God, he'll win the FIFA World Player Award as well.

SI.com: World Soccer: Spanish summer rocked by two transfers that weren't

Ronaldinho swapped Camp Nou for San Siro, roared on by 30,000 delirious AC Milan fans as he performed tricks, flicks and that trademark thumb-and-little-finger waggle, dripping with bling.

SI.com: Gabriele Marcotti: Readers respond to valuations of game's big stars

My last column on the valuations of Ronaldinho and Cristiano Ronaldo seemed to get a lot of people's panties in a twist. I got twice the usual haul of correspondence, some of it articulate, some of it abusive, some of it downright bizarre.

SI.com: World Soccer: Ronaldo looks to translate club success to Portugal

Can the world's most prolific player translate his success at the club level this season to the European Championship? ESM's José Manuel Delgado catches up with golden boy Cristiano Ronaldo, whose Portugal team kicks off its Euro quest on Saturday against Turkey.

SI.com: World Soccer: Ronaldo's award a milestone for English soccer

Players cast their votes for the Professional Footballer's Association awards at the end of January, so they had to go on performances in the first half of the season and trust that more of the same would follow. In the case of Cristiano Ronaldo, who won both Player of the Year and Young Player accolades, their expectations were met, and then some.

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