Modern football managers aren't just expected to improve results. Sometimes they arrive with specific strings attached to their employment. We must be saved from relegation. We must qualify for Europe. We must win multiple trophies every year. Depending on where you are in the football pyramid, demands will vary. For Football Manager 2020, we made sure this was reflected in every club's vision.

This overhauled boardroom experience meant each team would feel unique, making specific requests. Those requirements could even be grounds for contract renegotiation. It changed the game's 'win condition' to be more reflective of real-life management, where even success on the pitch sometimes isn't enough to satisfy the people holding the purse strings.

To help you achieve your goals, FM20 gave you an improved scouting system with richly detailed reports to guide your transfer business, while player development was redefined, allowing you to carefully control how you brought through talent while overseeing the progress of your top players too. All of this plugged in alongside previous advancements to player personalities, along with new tweaks to add to the authenticity, like your club captain drawing up a code of conduct and list of fines for disciplinary breaches.

Could you drag your team to glory? Would that even be enough to satisfy the board? There was only one way to find out.

What We Said

Football is a game of opinions. From team selection to transfers and tactics, everyone has their own ideas on how to get results on the pitch. Sports Interactive™ and SEGA® are giving would-be managers the chance to prove that their opinion means more than most when Football Manager 2020 releases in early November.

FM20 will give players the chance to call the shots at their favourite club as they take control of their team’s destiny and make all the decisions that a real manager does as they develop their team and attempt to deliver a sustained level of success.

What They Said

Daily Star
5/5

"Football Manager is back and its focus on long-term construction of a footballing powerhouse is refreshing for a series that previously felt solely focused on the short-to-mid term. The only challenge you'll have now is keeping in the board's good graces long enough to leave your imprint on a club."

Cubed3
9/10

"Football Manager is still the ultimate football simulation series, and this latest addition makes enough positive changes to keep the gameplay fresh, and improve on some of the minor frustrations of previous entries."

IGN
8.7/10

"Subtle changes in the backroom and the boardroom have a surprisingly invigorating effect on what was already a series in fine form. There’s now real gratification in being a mid-table over-achiever, and entering Football Manager 2020 as a total beginner is a more realistic prospect than before."