
Much of it down to that incredible closeness to the real thing.
The team at Sports Interactive has had to weather an especially turbulent year, what with football itself being as disrupted as the studio trying to simulate it, but nonetheless they've excelled with FM21. With FM21 the two are closer than ever and, Klopp-inflicted drubbings aside, the result is pretty special. Touch and Mobile versions on phones and tablets.īut that's football! And that's Football Manager.
Availability: Out now on PC and Mac (Epic, Steam), Xbox One and Series X/S Dec 1st. Watch on YouTube A deeper look at FM21's new features Football Manager 2021 review Once again, Manchester United brings me only pain. A good 20 games unbeaten and the one match I care about we lose 4-0, all thanks to some VAR nonsense and United bottling it. After that the lads collapsed, as they have been alarmingly wont to do in the real world, and that was that. The first was a clean tackle, a Wan-Bissaka classic, the second about a yard outside the box. Two penalties, both awarded by VAR, neither - and I mean this, neither - were anything close to a pen, and yes I'm aware of the irony and yes that does make it worse. I'm managing United, as always - I'm an 'always manage the team you support' kind of FM player, as opposed to your Bundesliga hipsters or local club saviours, whom I have infinite admiration for but not a shred of envy - and of all teams to finally collapse against, I've lost away to Liverpool. I'm writing this after losing my first game of the season. New tricks will make the headlines, but Sports Interactive's best move is to breathe new life into the brilliance that's already there.