Football Manager 2021: How Corona affects the game

The Corona crisis has shaped 2020 in a historic way. In gaming, the pandemic not only affects development, but sometimes even makes it into games - as in Football Manager 2021.

Realism with consequences: Corona crisis affects clubs in FM 2021.

Football was affected by the pandemic for many months, had to pause completely and then was allowed to restart only with ghost matches for the time being. The financial impact was consequently enormous.

Football Manager 2021: Corona crisis has arrived in the game

In Football Manager 2021, this issue is addressed:

• At the start of the first season in the game, you will find a tighter financial situation than usual in all clubs.
• This also affects transfers: Thus, loan deals with an option to buy are more common than usual, and that even with prodigies and superstars who are normally happy to be bought.
• As many clubs are struggling with particularly tight finances, they increasingly try to sell their players.
• Over time, however, the COVID consequences should become less and less, until one day the usual normality is achieved again.
• Depending on the league, the special rules for substitutions are also implemented (five instead of three changes).
• Also for the dates for the season starts as well as for the transfer windows, the real special conditions serve as a model.

On the other game contents, however, there is no influence: So your players can not be infected with the virus and therefore drop out. You also do not have to fear games without spectators, which makes the financial situation all the more quickly improve.