{
  "id": 11432647,
  "title": "Barcelona legend Lionel Messi adds to growing football empire after snapping up 100% stake in second Spanish club",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/02/barcelona-legend-lionel-messi-adds-to-growing-football-empire-after",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-02T11:30:18.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Olive Press",
    "slug": "the-olive-press",
    "url": "https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/02/lionel-messi-buys-cd-eldense/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "LIONEL Messi has bought CD Eldense, the century-old football club from the inland Alicante town of Elda. The club confirmed the takeover in a brief statement on Thursday afternoon, hailing",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}