"Sports Interactive regret to inform that, following extensive internal discussion and careful consideration with SEGA, we have made the difficult decision to cancel Football Manager 25," reads an official statement, adding that all pre-orders will be refunded.

Football Manager 2025 has been canceled by Sports Interactive who says releasing the game in its current state 'would not be the right thing to do'.

Football Manager was once one of the year's most reliable annual sights, alongside Call of Duty or EA's now-off-brand FIFA, but for the first time in two decades, the next entry has been officially canceled.