Football Manager 2024 has been released live on Steam through early access and fans of the popular game are already sinking their teeth into the latest edition.
The series is now over 30-year old and an impressive worldwide database of clubs, players and staff gives gamers the opportunity to take charge of their beloved clubs and attempt to guide them to unprecedented successes. Just for fun, we simulated three years into the future with the new game to see how clubs across the Premier League and the rest of the world had fared.
Here is how the Manchester United starting XI looked in our simulation at the close of the 2026 summer transfer window:
Here is how the Manchester United starting XI looked in our simulation at the close of the 2026 summer transfer window:
5. CB - Raphael Varane
Now 33-years old the 93 times capped Frenchman serves as the club’s vice captain and has been an ever present in the side throughout our sim
6. CM - Andre Trindade
Signed from Fluminense in his native Brazil for a fee of £34.5m in the summer of 2024, the defensive midfielder replaces ageing countryman Casemiro in the United line up
7. CM - Fredrik Aursnes
A versatile midfielder who also provides emergency cover at left back, he cost the Red Devils £43m from Benfica in January 2024 and has been a regular either as a starter or off the bench ever since
8. RW - Alejandro Garnacho
Holds an average in game rating of 7.13 over our three simulated seasons, he scores eight Premier League goals in the 25/26 campaign and has a transfer vlue of between £78m and £235m