Football Manager 2024 can be daunting. It's a big simulation but it's one that we have all the info you need on.
Over the years, this game has become one of the most beloved video games of all time, spawning cult heroes and inspiring stories from its users. It's hard to believe it but yes – it's getting even bigger, better and bolder, as the world's greatest management sim evolves further.
So here's what to expect from the game. Football Manager shows no sign of slowing down in popularity any time soon and FM24 might just be most exciting version yet – and that's before we touch on what we know about FM25…
FM24: Everything you need to know about Football Manager 2024
Football Manager 2024 platforms
Football Manager 2023 is available on PS5 (Image credit: Sports Interactive)
What platforms will Football Manager 2024 be available on?
Football Manager 2024 will be available on PC, Mac, smartphone, tablet and console… and now Netflix.
It can be purchased on Steam, Epic Games, the Windows Store, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, the Apple Store, the Google Play Store and as of FM23, it's available on PlayStation 5.
How many versions of Football Manager 2024 will there be?
There are four versions of Football Manager 2024.
These, according to Sports Interactive are…
FM23: The full and unrivalled simulation experience FM23Console: Streamlined and optimised for console play FM23 Mobile: The fastest way to reach the top of the game FM23 Touch: Designed for slick and seamless progress
Women's football is coming to Football Manager… eventually (Image credit: Sports Interactive)
Smarter transfers
In FM24, you can sell players via intermediaries, meaning that it's now easier to offload players. You can ask a player's agent to gauge the mood around moving them on too, making it more realistic than ever.
You don't just have to make promises to players these days who don't live up to their end of the bargain – now when you negotiate a contract, your players can be given targets.
Players can question targets, too – while if a player isn't performing in training, you can tell them to hit a certain threshold before they're considered for the team.
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Truer motion
The gameplay is better than ever. As ever, FM24 has been given a refresh when it comes to the live action – and this game looks slightly smoother than before ahead of a bigger update next year.
Set pieces update
No longer can you just whip the ball near post. Set pieces are a little more in-depth, with specific coaches for the art of the dead ball. This was one of the most requested features in the game and has made a huge difference to how goals are scored.
Now, you can choose to start a season without the transfers of the real world. If you'd rather, you can allow transfers to happen in real-time – meaning that deals that are set to happen midseason will actually happen that way. Perfect if you disagree with your team's dealings in the window.
Transferable games
For the first time ever, you will be able to transfer your FM23 save to Football Manager 2024.
"This means, when you first launch Football Manager 2024, you'll be given the option to continue your FM23 story, picking up exactly where you left off – powered with the new features and revamps that FM24 will introduce," studio director Miles Jacobson revealed. "And it’s not only for this year’s version of the game that this feature will be active. It’s also the plan to bring saved games from FM24 into FM25, despite the big changes coming for FM25."
Is women's football coming to the next version of Football Manager?
“We don’t talk about what we’re working on in the future, ever,” Miles told us. “But we need to build that data and we can’t be asking everyone to sign non-disclosure agreements.
“Let’s just be honest and upfront about what we’re doing and build up that network. The various people that we’ve spoken to – the first question they ask is about the data and whether they can have it because there just isn’t enough.”
Will Football Manager 2024 be the last in the series?
No – despite Miles Jacobson cryptically calling it "the last of its kind". That just refers to FM25 being completely different.
"Football Manager 2024 will be the 20th game in Sports Interactive’s Football Manager series, and will be the last of its kind," he said. "It’s a love letter to football and the FM series as we know it.
"FM24 will be the closing of a chapter after 20 years at the top of the management simulation league. But it is far from being the end of our story…"
Football Manager 2024 wonderkids
Jude Bellingham is a big wonderkid in the game (Image credit: Future)
Football Manager 2024 wonderkids
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Football Manager 2025 is going to be bigger than any version ever before (Image credit: SI)
What will Football Manager 2025 look like?
Football Manager 2025 will be bigger, better, faster and on a brand-new engine, Unity.
"For many years now, we have been planning the next revolution of Football Manager, something we haven’t claimed since the 3D engine first came into the series back in FM09," Jacobson revealed. "We last had a revamp of the graphics engine running behind our match engine in 2017.
"So, Football Manager 2025, FM25 Console and FM25 Touch will be our first Football Manager releases to use a new engine – Unity. Incredibly well-known in the gaming space, Unity powers many of the best-known games in the world, from Genshin Impact through to the Cities Skyline series. Project Dragonfly explored a number of game engine partners, but after all our research was concluded, Unity was the clear favourite to take us into an exciting new era for the series.
"The switch to Unity is going to give us a lot more power graphically, across all formats, alongside powerful user interface tools. We’ve been working closely with Unity over the last few years to be able to deliver a whole new UI which will dramatically improve the ways you are able to interact with the game, both inside and outside of a matchday.
"For those of you who are not familiar with gaming technologies – in simple terms, FM25 will have a significantly better looking matchday experience - both on the pitch and the supporting stadium environments, alongside a vastly improved user interface that will dramatically improve how you navigate through screens and access all the information available to you as manager. We’ll also have new technology for Newgens and manager creation which are already looking really promising at this early stage."
Mark White has been at on FourFourTwo since joining in January 2020, first as a staff writer before becoming content editor in 2023. An encyclopedia of football shirts and boots knowledge – both past and present – Mark has also represented FFT at both FA Cup and League Cup finals (though didn't receive a winners' medal on either occasion) and has written pieces for the mag ranging on subjects from Bobby Robson's season at Barcelona to Robinho's career. He has written cover features for the mag on Mikel Arteta and Martin Odegaard, and is assisted by his cat, Rosie, who has interned for the brand since lockdown.
