Sega’s quarterly earnings revealed that after two delays, this year’s Football Manager isn’t coming: “Whilst many areas of the game have hit our targets, the overarching player experience and interface is not where we need it to be.

Sega and Sports Interactive have scrapped Football Manager 25, and will now refocus on getting ready for the series' next release. The announcement this morning, made as part of Sega's latest financial results,

Developer Sports Interactive and publisher SEGA of Europe today announced that ‘Football Manager 25’ has been cancelled and that work will be shifted to the next entry in the popular long-running simulation series.

Sega and Sports Interactive have canceled Football Manager 25 across all platforms after what has been a difficult development. It’s the first time the long-running sports sim series has skipped a year entirely since it began in 2004.