Euro 2024 is here and the excitement is building across the nation as England prepare for yet another tournament. It all gets underway for the Three Lions on Sunday when they take on Serbia, before meeting Denmark and Slovenia in the group stages.
Gareth Southgate’s side are the pre-tournament favourites and they’ll be expected to go deep into the competition as a bare minimum as they bid to end 58 years of hurt. There is some debate about Southgate’s starting XI for the opening game, but how did Football Manager 14 expect the Three Lions to shape up?
We’ve downloaded the decade-old game and simulated to this summer’s tournament to find out. Check out how the game predicted England to look below.
(As anyone who has played the game will expect, the squad did feature a number of re-gens - computer generated players created by the game to replace real life players who age out. We did not include these players in our starting XI and replaced them with the next best player in the squad in their position)
We’ve downloaded the decade-old game and simulated to this summer’s tournament to find out. Check out how the game predicted England to look below.
![Oxlade-Chamberlain has Premier League and Champions League winners' medals, but it seems his best days are behind him. After leaving Liverpool last summer, he has spent the last 10 months with Besiktas. His last England appearance came in 2019.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/14/14/16/GettyImages-2151446482.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
9. RM: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain
Oxlade-Chamberlain has Premier League and Champions League winners' medals, but it seems his best days are behind him. After leaving Liverpool last summer, he has spent the last 10 months with Besiktas. His last England appearance came in 2019. | Getty Images
![Had Sterling's Chelsea form been better this season, he could have been involved in Germany. The winger has 82 caps and 20 international goals to his name but he hasn't been involved for England since the World Cup in Qatar.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/14/14/37/GettyImages-2152490759.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
10. LM: Raheem Sterling
Had Sterling's Chelsea form been better this season, he could have been involved in Germany. The winger has 82 caps and 20 international goals to his name but he hasn't been involved for England since the World Cup in Qatar. | Getty Images
![The 33-year-old has scored 16 goals in 42 games for England but his last cap came in 2018. The former Man United, Arsenal and Watford man is gearing up for another season with Brighton and Hove Albion, where he has been since 2020.](https://www.thestar.co.uk/jpim-static/image/2024/06/14/14/19/GettyImages-2152461709.jpg.jpg?crop=3:2&trim=&width=800)
11. ST: Danny Welbeck
The 33-year-old has scored 16 goals in 42 games for England but his last cap came in 2018. The former Man United, Arsenal and Watford man is gearing up for another season with Brighton and Hove Albion, where he has been since 2020. | Getty Images