

You can’t hope for much without either: the best players become even better with the right tactics, and the worst players can defy the odds with a good formation.

The Galacticos wouldn’t have achieved anything without a guiding hand, and Leicester wouldn’t have defied the odds to win the Premier League without the right set-up. Success in Football Manager really comes down to two things above all: tactics and talent. While there are countless players that analyse all the data with Guardiola levels of obsession and micro-manage every detail of management in the new Data Hub, there are also those who love to just use the best formations and tactics to help them see glory.

Football Manager 2022 is a football management game (if you can believe it) that’s about as deep as you want it to be.
