SEGA and developer Sports Interactive have made the decision to delay Football Manager 25 outside of the Holiday 2024 season, may impact SEGA's earnings.

The release of Football Manager 2025 has been delayed until March 2025. Following extensive discussions with SEGA, licensors, and partners, it was concluded that more time is needed to ensure the game meets expectations.

The latest update in the Football Manager series of games has been pushed back until next March - just two months before the end of the season in the UK. Sports Interactive had originally planned to release its popular simulator in November this year.

The release of the Football Manager computer game has been delayed until March 2025, its creators confirmed on Thursday.

Sports Interactive and Sega announced that Football Manager 2025 would be the start of a new era for the series, but the game's release date has now been pushed back.

Sports Interactive announced that the release date of Football Manager 25 has been delayed by five months, moving its launch to March 2025. The developer said that this decision was made following “discussions with SEGA,

In a shock move for the popular sim, Sega is delaying Football Manager 25 until March 2025, putting its release barely two months before 2025's European Champions League Final. Developer Sports Interactive and Sega released a statement calling it "tough decision" and saying that specific platform dates will follow once confirmed.