Time to kiss goodbye to your social life, put relationships at risk, disconnect yourself from that awful real world everybody talks about and settle down in darkness: Football Manager is back for 2017. Hooray and yippee indeed.
The full game is released on November 4, but until then there's a perfectly good beta version out there to get familiar with Sports Interactive's latest release. You might well kick off that first game with your own beloved team, but many of you prefer the challenge of more unfamiliar climes.
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| Team | Transfer budget | Wage budget |
| Arsenal | £39.4m | £3m (£2.4m start) |
| Bournemouth | £3.6m | £885k (£800k start) |
| Burnley | £10m | £582k (£525k start) |
| Chelsea | £40m | £2.98m (£2.7m start) |
| Crystal Palace | £10.6m | £1.4m (£1.3m start) |
| Everton | £45m | £1.56m (£1.4m start) |
| Hull | £6m | £699k (£675k start) |
| Leicester | £9.5m | £1.59m (£1.4m start) |
| Liverpool | £40m | £2.78m (£2.3m start) |
| Manchester City | £28.9m | £3.65m (£3.4m start) |
| Manchester United | £31.3m | £4m (£3.7m start) |
| Middlesbrough | £3m | £1m (£1m start) |
| Southampton | £31m | £1.49m (£1.2m start) |
| Stoke | £9.5m | £1.29m (£1.1m start) |
| Sunderland | £12m | £1.04m (£1m start) |
| Swansea | £23.6m | £1.2m (£1.1m start) |
| Tottenham | £50m | £1.87m (£1.5m start) |
| Watford | £8m | £1.05m (£950k start) |
| West Brom | £9.7m | £1m start (£850k start) |
| West Ham | £6m | £1.44m (£1.4m start) |
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| Team | Transfer budget | Wage budget |
| Aston Villa | £0 | £952k (£850k start) |
| Barnsley | £1m | £111k (£100k start) |
| Birmingham | £500k | £176k (£170k start) |
| Blackburn | £300k | £287k (£245k start) |
| Brentford | £500k | £172k (£165k start) |
| Brighton | £4.5m | £375k (£350k) |
| Bristol City | £5.5m | £222k (£200k start) |
| Burton | £150k | £67k (£61k start) |
| Cardiff | £1.2m | £435k (£425k start) |
| Derby | £4m | £530k (£500k) |
| Fulham | £400k | £352k (£350k start) |
| Huddersfield | £1m | £222k (£205k start) |
| Ipswich | £500k | £217k (£205k start) |
| Leeds | £100k | £243k (£200k start) |
| Newcastle | £5m | £1.14m (£1m start) |
| Norwich | £10m | £828k (£700k start) |
| Nottingham Forest | £500k | £339k (325k start) |
| Preston | £500k | £179k (£165k start) |
| QPR | £1m | £402k (£363k start) |
| Reading | £3m | £393k (£375k start) |
| Rotherham | £250k | £140k (£135k start) |
| Sheff Weds | £2m | £530k (£500k) |
| Wigan | £1m | £257k (£250k) |
| Wolves | £2.5m | £445k (£425k start) |
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| Team | Transfer budget | Wage budget |
| AFC Wimbledon | £175k | £36k (£37k start) |
| Bolton | £0 | £183k (£180k start) |
| Bradford | £50k | £67k (£64k start) |
| Bristol Rovers | £25k | £73k (£69k start) |
| Bury | £0 | £51k (£49k start) |
| Charlton | £0 | £128k (£160k start) |
| Chesterfield | £100k | £48k (£45k start) |
| Coventry | £0 | £65k (£66k start) |
| Fleetwood | £10k | £55k (£47k start) |
| Gillingham | £50k | £82k (£77k start) |
| Millwall | £0 | £93k (£89k start) |
| MK Dons | £50k | £82k (£77k start) |
| Northampton | £0 | £44k (£45k start) |
| Oldham | £0 | £47k (£44k start) |
| Oxford | £0 | £50k (£52k start) |
| Peterborough | £400k | £76k (£72k start) |
| Port Vale | £66k | £47k (£44k start) |
| Rochdale | £40k | £38k (£35k start) |
| Scunthorpe | £100k | £65k (£60k start) |
| Sheffield United | £300k | £113k (£105k start) |
| Shrewsbury | £20k | £44k (£41k start) |
| Southend | £75k | £55k (£53k start) |
| Swindon | £150k | £62k (£58k start) |
| Walsall | £100k | £35k (£32k start) |
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| Team | Transfer budget | Wage budget |
| Accrington Stanley | £0 | £28k (£27k start) |
| Barnet | £10k | £30k (£29k start) |
| Blackpool | £50k | £40k (£35k start) |
| Cambridge | £100 | £36k (£35k start) |
| Carlisle | £63k | £31k (£28k start) |
| Cheltenham | £0 | £20k (£19k start) |
| Colchester | £20k | £54k (£52k start) |
| Crawley | £10k | £29k (£27k start) |
| Crewe | £30k | £29k (£27k start) |
| Doncaster | £50k | £56k (£53k start) |
| Exeter | £0 | £32k (£29k start) |
| Grimsby | £10k | £32k (£28k start) |
| Hartlepool | £25k | £30k (£29k start) |
| Leyton Orient | £0 | £52k (£49k start) |
| Luton | £70k | £48k (£45k start) |
| Mansfield | £25k | £37k (£33k start) |
| Morecambe | £0 | £22k (£18k start) |
| Newport County | £20k | £25k (£23k start) |
| Notts County | £75k | £45k (£44k start) |
| Plymouth | £0 | £30k (£28k start) |
| Portsmouth | £150k | £65k (£59k start) |
| Stevenage | £10k | £46k (£40k start) |
| Wycombe | £0 | £30k (£30k start) |
| Yeovil | £0 | £24k (£24k start) |
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