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 Aston Villa starting XI looked in our simulation at the close of the 2026 summer transfer window:
5. CB - Alidu Seidu
Liverpool snap up the Ghanaian youngster for £3.6m and immediately loan him to Crystal Palace before Villa pay £8m for his services in January 2025 and he makes 16 league appearances | AFP via Getty Images
6. CM - Boubacar Kamara
Twice wins Player of the Year with the Villa fans in three seasons and is valued at a whopping £120m at the start of the 2026/27 campaign | Getty Images
7. CM - Diego Carlo
Utilised as both a CB and CM, he suffered a serious knee injury which ruled him out for 7 months in the 2024/25 seasons but has been a regular aside from that | Getty Images for Premier League
8. RW - Moussa Diaby
Scores 12 league goals across three seasons and also managed 15 assists but has an average rating of 7.2 across that time which is an impressive in game metric | Getty Images