Control is everything in the world of football management, and this year FIFA Manager 07 provides all the tools you need to make it to the big time.

In the Office: Stay abreast of your career options by keeping an eye on rival teams' interest in you using the new Manager Transfer Market.

In the Dugout: Take your club to the next level with a more detailed transfer system. Sign cooperation agreements with other clubs to share players and resources and take responsibility for your four youth teams so you can take them to glory.

On the Field: Extend your influence onto the pitch by training a player and taking control of him during matches and by using advanced tactical changes and substitution options on-the-fly.

With an enhanced and user friendly editor system, upgraded player AI and polished match presentation, FIFA Manager 07 boasts stunning levels of realism that will have you sweating it out in your office awaiting the Chairman's dreaded vote of confidence!

Here are some key features of "FIFA Manager 07":

· Unearth Your Protégée: Select a player in Player Career mode, train him & develop his skills up until he's worthy of a slot in your starting 11. Then showcase those skills on the field by taking control of him in 3D Match Mode. Alternatively, increase your Manager Rating to control a different player every game in Match To Match mode.
· Climb the Career Ladder: Scour the Manager Transfer Market as you build your reputation to view other clubs' opinions of you in real-time. Pre-signature deals that will influence the situation of your future clubs, and so much more...
· Build Your Squad: Capitalise on successful loans with extensions or transfers, guided by players' wishes, and take advantage of swap deals involving up to three players on each side.
· Increase Your Options: Team up with another club to establish a Cooperation Agreements. Then pool your resources by exchanging promising players and making use of each other's youth academies.
· Prepare for the Future: Bring through tomorrow's stars by overseeing your youth team. View line-ups, match reports and full stats or scout international tournaments and camps to discover new talent. Set up your own youth camps around the globe and play the Youth Transfer Market to bring the best early stars to your club.
· Experience More Realism: Enjoy improved AI and completely free camera control in 3D Match Mode. Make one-click tactical changes and use easy substitution options to impose yourself on the game, then save the resulting highlights to share with other players.
· Play it Your Way: Craft your own players, clubs and leagues with FIFA Manager 07's enriched editor and swap your creations with other players.


What's New in This Release:

· Removed rare crash on saving game
· Removed rare crash on opening scout reports
· Removed logic flaws and unfinished sequences in text mode
· Reduced number of fan chants in text mode
· Yellow cards do not have much influence on rating
· Better rating for defenders
· Player rating does not change after substitutions
· Corrected minutes played after red card in player career
· Fixed rare crash due to ball physics in 3D match
· Correct display of energy in 3D match
· Correct undo of substitutions in 3D match
· Improved game speed "Weekly Progress"
· Training camps can now be booked over unscheduled qualification rounds
· Congrats screen after promotion from low league
· No easy transfer after low second offer anymore
· Correct indication of matches for reserve team in stats details
· Removed problems with free-agents
· Corrected minutes with out goals (conceded)
· Youth team is displayed in news messages
· No player who did not play is shown in The Duel
· Corrected some problems with team colours in the menu system
· Removed duplicate sponsors
· Line graph in Home screen now functions correctly
· Opinion of the board now takes into account reserve teams
· No teams with rating of 0 in Found a Club mode
· Functional contract clause on offer from higher league
· Correct recovery after an injury
· Players can now gain Hero status during game
· Removed irregular news messages after player ban
· Duration of pause after goals in teletext is now uniform
· Fixed some cup draw comments
· Loading bar is not stuck at ¾ anymore
· Fixed some comments in manager biography
· Updated player salaries
· Fixed some colour problems in text mode
· Not possible to give orders to opponent players anymore
· Stadium manager actually reduces building costs
· Corrected some faulty messages on Internet page
· Fixed some minor bugs in private life
· Some spelling mistakes
· Small problem with children going to wrong school
· Fixed a number of minor bugs
· Various old typos in English and German
· Changed four probabilities for actions in text mode (own goals)
· Some issues with the personal records on the career screen
· Corrected some design and content issues in the statistics (missing tooltips, alignment)