The delay to Football Manager 25 is a bitter blow to the FM community, which would usually be sinking its teeth into a beta save right now.
There had been hope that Sports Interactive would be able to provide a data update to FM24, providing the new leagues, transfers, and competition rules to the existing game. This had been done previously when major engine changes necessitated a delay to the usual release. However, Sports Interactive has once again disappointed players by saying that won't happen this time.
No Update For FM24
In a statement released on Twitter, SI answered the community requests for a data update with the following:
It was always thought one of the hurdles to this update would be the licenses that SI has acquired for Football Manager since the last time this happened, and that appears to be the case.
However, not all is lost. There are community-made mods that do turn FM24 into FM25 (at least from a database perspective) that PC players can install and enjoy until Football Manager 25 finally arrives.