The weekly wage of every Birmingham City player according to Football Manager 2024 - gallery

Birmingham City are still on the search for their first win of the Wayne Rooney era as they face Sunderland in the early-afternoon kick-off in the EFL Championship.

Blues are still yet to taste victory under Rooney, with two defeats and a draw, following last weeks disappointment which saw them lose a two-goal lead to the Tractor Boys. The life of a manager is a stressful one, and there's a hope that the England and Manchester United legend can turn things around. If you're a glutton for punishment then you can take to football management, following the release of Football Manager 2024.

The full version of FM24 launched on November 6, and now fans can now put themselves in the position of Wayne Rooney, or the respective manager of the club that they are replacing. Sports Interactive's popular Football Manager franchise aims to be as realistic as possible and it has a dedicated team of contributors and researchers who try and collate enough information to make an accurate representation as possible to the real world.

Once you play the game reality does go out the window however, and you'll all of a sudden see Jurgen Klopp managing Newcastle United and Pep Guardiola rocking up at Manchester United or somewhere you couldn't imagine him in real life.

One element of the game managers have to deal with is transfers, and that can be both in and out. You can either choose to renew contracts yourself and hold negotiations, or you can work with the director of football and technical directors that are available on the game, a bit like how Craig Gardner oversees Birmingham's business with Rooney working underneath him.

BirminghamWorld has loaded up the latest version of the world’s most popular football management simulation to see how Football Manager 2024 estimates the weekly wage of each Birmingham City star. (please note that per-week wages provided by the game may not be true to life).