New staff roles, meetings and interactions freshen up one of the game’s most popular areas. New graphs and data maps provide clearer insight into their team’s strengths and opposition weaknesses, while there’s a wealth of new stats that will give you full statistical overview of the entire pitch. Managers benefit from a vastly increased amount of data reporting and visualisation this year, including monthly reports from the new Performance Analyst that mirrors the data real managers receive. Our extensive data improvements go beyond Matchdays, giving you all the tools to level up your pre-match preparations. This improved decision-making process has enabled better defensive and goalkeeper intelligence, enhanced central play and more variety in the final third.Īdditionally, you’ll also get more reaction and data post-match, including our brand new SIxG system, which will let you know well or badly your team performed relative to the chances they created. The rate of decision-making has increased and there’s more nuance to the decisions that players make, allowing them to be more reactive and make faster decisions. You’ll receive better analysis and advice in the pre-match build-up and those data improvements combine with our remodelled match UI to bring you closer to the action than ever before.įM21 also boasts a raft of AI improvements across every area of the pitch. MatchdayĮvery fixture now feels like a true spectacle with our best-looking match engine ever.

In FM21, others will feel the impact of your words and know the sort of manager you are. Gestures enable you to express every emotion, while Quick Chats improve those short, informal conversations which are part of day-to-day life as a manager.

Immerse yourself in the spectacle of match day and revel in the glory of management as your planning pays off on the pitch.Ĭommunicating with your players and the media has never been more purposeful or realistic.Craft tactical strategies, formations and styles of play for every occasion to maximise your club’s chances of winning football matches and getting those three points.There’s likely to be a starlet in your Academy knocking on the door of the first team… Join forces with your backroom staff to assess the strength and depth of your playing squad before dipping into the transfer market.Choose your colours and the challenge that best suits your ambitions and then work with your club’s hierarchy to ensure you meet theirs… or face the consequences.With more than 50 nations and 2,500 clubs at every level of the football pyramid to choose from, the possibilities are endless. In Football Manager 2021 dynamic, true-to-life management experiences and next-level detail renews that focus on you like never before, equipping you with all the tools to achieve elite status.

The manager is the beating heart of every football club.

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