Sports Interactive has announced a four-year licensing partnership with the Premier League, bringing the clubs into Football Manager.
As announced, beginning with the 2024/25 season, fans can expect all 20 Premier League clubs fully licensed and available in Football Manager, with official logos, kits, and player photos featuring across future versions of the football simulation game.
With this licensing partnership, football fans worldwide can now create their own Premier League moments and history in future versions of the game, whether through attempts at chasing the Premier League title, challenging for European football, or maximizing the opportunity of promotion to the world’s most-watched league.
“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”, Miles Jacobson, Sports Interactive Studio Director, said.
“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 allowing us to be an officially licensed product of the world’s most commercially successful football league.”
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Nivine Emeran, Director of Licensing at SEGA West, added “After much anticipation, it’s thrilling to partner with the Premier League and welcome them to Football Manager and our licensing family.”
Will Brass, the Premier League’s Chief Commercial Officer, said “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. 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.”
More information regarding the Premier League’s in-game integration with Football Manager, and the activities between the studio and the league, is expected to be revealed later this year.
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