Without any actual games in the NBA or English Premier League for the foreseeable future, teams are stuck having to pretend that matches are going ahead using the power of video games.
The Football Manager games are renowned for their terrifying depth of scouting, but this is the first time I’ve ever heard of one of the scouts responsible going beyond “watching someone play” and move into the realms of “directly changing their life”.
While other sports games change their cover athletes every year, strategy stalwart Football Manager has for over a decade stuck with the same basic template: Show a man from the nose down, usually in a suit, usually with a scruffy beard, standing around looking like the boss. For this year’s…