Football Manager 2022 is coming and we are expecting a vast amount of new features to be included in this year's game.

There is no doubting that the virtual management series is easily the biggest of its kind in the gaming industry, despite having begun life as Championship Manager all the way back in 1992.

Its rich heritage and realism has even led real-life football clubs to use their database for scouting analysis. Everton went down this route in 2008 having done a deal with Sports Interactive, the game's developers, where they would have had access to data compiled by over 1000 scouts, with 370,000 descriptions from 20,000 teams in over 50 countries across the globe (via Eurogamer).

There have been plenty of success stories that have come from the use of the Football Manager franchise - including an Azerbaijani student that became the manager of FC Baku's reserve team based on his success in the game (via Digital Spy).

As well as this, an anonymous Football Manager player tipped off the Philippines national team regarding the eligibility of Phil and James Younghusband to represent their country, to which the former went on to become the record goalscorer with over 50 goals.

This is mainly down to the extensive and detailed featured that are included in the series, with the last game, 2021, including the impressive matchday experience and all-new communication methods which got instructions across more effectively to the players on the pitch - even trophy presentations were reconstructed to look more realistic.

We are expecting plenty more in 2022, with some of the much-loved features retained from previous titles.

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Football Manager 2022 is expected to be released before the end of 2021.