While other sports games change their cover athletes every year, strategy stalwart Football Manager has for over a decade stuck with the same basic template: show a man from the nose down, usually in a suit, usually with a scruffy beard, standing around looking like the boss. For this yearâs Football Manager 2019, though, heâs gone.
This brings to an end his 14-year tenure in front of one of the biggest-selling video game series on Earth. It of course isnât literally the same model/man, but the conceptâhelped by the fact you never saw his entire faceâled to him becoming something of a character, known simply as âManager Manâ.
At least his departure has been handled with the appropriate gravitas. In a statement sent to Eurogamer, developers Sports Interactive say that with a new COO and new office in the last year, the team thought this was âthe perfect opportunity for us to have a think about our brandingâ.
âFans of Manager Man shouldnât be worried thoughâ, they stress. âHeâs currently sitting on a beach in Santorini, sipping on a delicious cocktail, deciding what his next career move will be. Heâs likely waiting til Xmas to get a new job â the bonuses for keeping clubs up for experienced managers will likely tempt him back in.â
FM2019 will instead feature a shot of some players walking out of the tunnel:
The new logo is nice! The rest, though, itâs just not the same without that sharp-dressed excitementâŠ.
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