Transfer season has ended for a few months, plus the first -- and most interruptive -- of international breaks is coming to a close. We can all actually now give our full attention to reasons why most of us enjoy soccer: the actual games. After a summer in which Premier League teams spent €3.6 billion in transfer fees, the rosters are locked into a place for a while and this weekend, the league season really begins in earnest.

That three-match prelude produced minimal separation -- 16 of 20 Premier League teams have between two and six points and even the team that won its first three matches, defending champion Liverpool , did so with flaws and maximum drama. We settled nothing in the first 8% of the league season, and then everyone signed approximately 17 new players on the day of t

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