SportPesa UK and Football Manager have struck up a partnership which will see the two work together on exciting new collaborations based around one of the world's most famous games.
The SportPesa x Football Manager content hub is now live, and things are kicking off with a series of weekly written episodes as their manager tries to get Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles promoted in a single season. To help with that, they're heading over to the Netherlands for a scouting mission, and you can follow along over the next few days on Twitter @SportPesa_UK.
Over the coming months and years, fm-sportpesa.com will play host to some of the most epic, mundane and even middle-of-the-road football stories, courtesy of SportPesa's partnership with Football Manager.
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We want to take you on a journey with us - and you'll play an active role as we take on a selection of challenges across the world of football. As we play the game and note our progress here, we're leaning on your input - whether that's helping us to identify an exciting wonderkid, aiding in our quest to avoid relegation from League Two on the final day, or advising us on how to prepare for a World Cup final with an injury-plagued squad. You're our backroom staff - whatever a backroom is.
In the UK SportPesa office, we can count a string of damaged relationships, loads of failed exams and about a millennium in playing time on what we unanimously regard as the greatest sports game ever.
We're incredibly proud of our partnership with FM and we hope we do the game justice by documenting our journey across the world of football - including you in every step we take. You'll be able to let us know how you think the team should be run by voting in polls and messaging us on twitter @SportPesa_UK. Drop us a follow because we're scared we're going to be very bad at the game and could really, really do with your help to make things less embarrassing.
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The man chosen to lead us on this journey is Daniel Austin. A young manager with big ideas. Reminiscent of André Villas-Boas before he decided to sack off the serious soccer coaching and drive a big massive rally car across a South American desert instead.
He's full of the talk. But to be fair to him he has done his homework. He has watched recordings of old Football Italia episodes on YouTube and listened to a tactics podcast about the merits of playing a libero and a trequartista in a 3-5-2 formation.
The first challenge sees him trek through the wilderness that is the Dutch second division in search of glory - make sure you head to fm-sportpesa.com Friday to keep tabs on our progress and follow us on Twitter to give your input on how the team should be run. There'll be regular giveaways and competitions for you to take part in too.
All the best,
The Chairman