According to Sports Interactive, Football Manager 25 will be released with significantly fewer game modes than previous entries in the series, as part of a major overhaul.

The franchise is set to undergo a major overhaul in FM25, with a switch to the Unity game engine and the introduction of women’s football for the first time alongside the fully licensed Premier League. However, there will also be some significant removals from the game.

In a development update on June 27, studio manager Miles Jacobson announced a number of "budget cuts" for FM25, with features being removed. Some of these will return later, but others may be gone for good.

The biggest change is that Fantasy Draft won't be available immediately when Football Manager 25 launches, but will instead "return much improved later in the cycle, alongside the Main Data Update" – and players have been told to expect more mid-cycle feature releases across the series.