Football Manager 2017
Take control of your favourite football team in Football Manager 2017, the most realistic and immersive football management game to date. It’s the closest thing to doing the job for real!
What it feels like
The game treats football management with sincere, unironic realism and attention to authentic detail.
What it's about
Professional football management is the entire subject and context. Finances, wages, sponsorships, and profit-driven decision-making are core to club management.
How it plays
Running a profitable football club—managing budgets, transfers, wages, and sponsorships—is the central system. Complex interconnected systems of player stats, match outcomes, team morale, and finances produce emergent, unscripted seasons. Assembling and directing a squad of distinct players with different abilities and roles is core to competitive play.
How it's structured
Designed primarily for solo management of a club across multiple seasons. A sprawling multi-season experience expecting tens to hundreds of hours to build a competitive dynasty. A bounded season with a clear structure: transfers, matches, and finals, repeated annually.
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