Football Manager publisher Sports Interactive has agreed a four-year licensing deal with the Premier League.
As the ‘official football management game’ of English soccer’s top flight, Football Manager 2025 will be the first edition of the series to include official logos, kits and player photos, with further integrations promised throughout the partnership.
While Premier League clubs and players have been included in the series for several decades, which was known as Championship Manager until 2004, Sports Interactive says the deal will add a further layer of immersion to the game.
“Since Football Manager’s inception, we have always wanted to work with the Premier League, and we’re delighted to announce that at last we are”, said Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive studio director.
“The partnership isn’t just about the huge in-game benefits it’ll give our fans, but also the opportunities it provides us to help with the incredible things that the Premier League and their clubs do off the pitch. That includes community and charitable work, two things we’re enormously passionate about, as well as the ability to work with some of their existing partners.
“We are very grateful to the Premier League and their other partners in our space for enabling us to be an officially licensed product of the world’s most commercially successful football league.”
“Football Manager has been a big part of the sporting landscape for decades, and is loved and enjoyed by millions of fans around the world,” added Will Brass, Premier League chief commercial officer. “We are thrilled that the Premier League will now feature even more prominently in the game, helping to deliver a deeper, more authentic experience for anybody who takes on the challenge of managing a Premier League club.”
Sports Interactive says Football Manager will be the most significant update in the series’ history, with women’s club and international soccer competitionsincluded for the first time alongside a major overhaul to the in-game engine and a slew of other improvements.
Source: SportsProMedia
