This past week has been a rollercoaster forEuropean football fanswith the announcement of the European Super League (ESL) and its subsequent suspensions. Twelve of Europe’s biggest football clubs announced the formation of The Super League on April 18, and within three days nine of the 12 teams announced their formal departure from the ESL, leading to all plans for the league being halted. Unwilling to let go, however, oneFootball Manager 2021player decided to simulate 25 years of the ESL and see what happened.
TheFootball Manager 2021player took their simulation in an entirely different direction. Rather than choosing to simulate the ESL itself, they considered what would happen if the ESL continued, leading to all of the ESL clubs being banned by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), and each club’s respective players becoming free agents. In practice, the player financially crippled teams withinFootball Manager 2021so that they could no longer be competitive within their respective leagues.
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The results were exciting to consider, with theFootball Manager 2021player sharing the results of the Premier League and theChampion’s Leagueover the next 25 years. In the Premier League, Everton and the Wolverhampton Wanderers won early championships. However, by 2026 a new dominant power was established. Southampton would go on to win 15 championships in 20 years. Behind it, Leicester would be Southampton’s biggest rival and oft runner-up.
In the Champion’s League, a rotation of FC Bayern, Borussia Dortmund, andParis SGwould win a majority of championships: Eight, eight, and six respectively. FCP and Real San Sebastian would claim the remaining three years' trophy. Based on these hypothetical results, some fans may now be wishing that the Super League had gone through after all.
Football Manager 2021is available now on Mobile, PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
