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A football sporting director simulator
For once, you pull the strings not on the pitch but in the office.
What the game simulates
- the transfer window: agents, rumours, offers, sales and loans
- eight staff roles that improve, write to you or leave
- the club budget and your personal account
- board trust and your relationship with the chairman
- stress, which rises with bad results and forgotten messages
A career in grades
You start as assistant sporting director. Your renown, which rises with results and your decisions, takes you to sporting director, football director, general director, then chairman. See become chairman.
Clean or corrupt
You can play it straight, or use Dirty Hands: referees, press, board, black cash. The risk of scandal is real.
Frequently asked questions
What is a sporting director simulator?
A game where you run the behind-the-scenes of a club (recruitment, budget, relations) rather than the matches.
Is the game realistic?
It draws on the job, with divisions, a transfer window in July, August and January and a demanding board, but it remains a game.