Patch notes
What changed in the current playtest build, v0.20, released 2026-10-03.
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⚠️ v0.20 is not compatible with v0.19 saves. The new match engine and the updated world need a fresh career.
New Features
- Brand-new match engine, built the other way round. The old engine decided what happened first (a tackle, a shot, a goal) and then moved the players to fit it. Now the players and the ball move on the pitch first, and every event is simply what happened: a tackle happens because two players actually met, a goal because the ball actually crossed the line. No more tackles from six metres, deflections off nobody or players teleporting.
- Players decide from what they see. Each player reads the space around him and picks his action from it; his attributes shape what he tries and how well it comes off.
- Morale now matters on the pitch. A happy player plays better; an unhappy one can let you down on matchday. Keeping your promises, rewarding players with a new contract and handling incidents well now pay off in results, not just in a quieter dressing room. Some players are also more consistent than others, so expect good and bad days.
- 3D match view with animated pawns, several camera views (including isometric views that follow the play), rolling advertising boards, staff on the touchline and player names that adapt to the view.
- The whole world plays real matches. Every AI fixture is now generated with full match data, so players in other leagues have real stats.
- Transfer fees in instalments. Pay a fee in full, or part now and the rest in yearly instalments (from half now and half next year, up to 20% now and four yearly payments), as long as the plan fits inside the player’s contract. Sellers prefer cash, so a longer plan needs a slightly higher fee. The finance screen shows what you owe and what you are still owed, and AI clubs use instalments too, within what they can afford.
- Miss a payment and the Financial Control Committee steps in. You get 10 days to get your balance back above zero; after that, a registration ban: no new signings until the end of the next transfer window. Your scouts keep working during a ban, so your list is ready when it is lifted.
- Sell what you’re owed to the bank. When a club owes you instalments, you can sell the rest of that deal to the bank today, at a discount (about 96% of next year’s money, less for payments further away). AI clubs only do it as a last resort, to avoid a ban.
- Player career history. Season records, a season timeline and a career log of each player’s key events.
- Classic and Modern skins are included. Soon, you will be able to create and share your own skins. Screens and pages have changed a lot.
- German language. LeManager is now available in German, alongside English, French and Spanish.
- Choose your currency. Show every amount in euros, pounds, dollars or yen from the settings.
Fixes & Improvements
Match Engine
- The old match engine has been retired.
- AI clubs and Auto Fill now keep players in their natural positions.
Ratings & Match Screens
- Player ratings now better reflect the quality of their performances.
- Overall rework of the match screen.
- Isometric views now frame both corners of the goal line.
Commentary
- Commentary now follows up on what happens after a shot.
- Commentary now clearly indicates when the referee plays advantage or brings play back for the original foul.
- Commentary lines rewritten in a more natural broadcast style, in English, French and Spanish.
Transfers & Scouting
- You can now manage loan offers.
- Adding a player to your shortlist no longer automatically sends a scout to evaluate him.
- “Keep watching” on a scout recommendation now keeps your scout reporting on the player, without adding him to your shortlist.
- Loan negotiations can now be started directly from scout reports.
- A player’s market status is now shown in scout reports.
- Scout report history. When a scout reports on a player again, a “What changed” panel compares it with his previous report (confidence, recommendation, ability and potential). The full history of each scout’s reports is kept in the player profile.
- Scout reports now have a “Check our cover” link to see how the player fits against your squad at his position.
- Shortlisted players can be previewed in your current squad.
- The comparator only lists players who can play the same position.
- Improved AI squad management, including contract renewals and incoming transfers.
- Scouts now recommend players your club can actually afford, with bargains first.
- Countering an unsolicited bid with an asking price no longer puts the player on the transfer list.
World & Economy
- Wages are now priced on each league’s own scale: signing a player outside the biggest leagues no longer costs several times the wage of a comparable player already at the club.
- Selling leagues such as Portugal and Belgium now count player sales in their budgets.
- Newly promoted clubs no longer start far below the level of their new division.
Squad & Contracts
- Underpaid players now ask for their fair wage at renewal, instead of a small raise on a salary far below their value.
- Injured players no longer train or improve while in the medical room, and weekly training now counts the days each player actually trained.
- Playing-time complaints only count matches since the player joined, and players now actually complain when they are left on the bench match after match.
- A second yellow now counts as a yellow card in the statistics; the red only marks the sending-off.
- Injuries picked up during a match now get their proper name (strain, pull, tear) and the matching fitness impact in the medical hub and career log.
Player Profile
- Several tabs renamed and merged.
Club Hub
- Improved Hub reports.
- Window Roundup messages now show loans as loans, not free transfers.
- #tactics is now #training, since it carries the weekly training report.
- A channel’s red dot now clears once you have dealt with its urgent messages (it used to stay on in #transfers after a sale).
- Channel names, tooltips and player conversations are now translated in every language.
- Player conversations no longer show the staff quick-reply buttons.
Other Improvements
- Filters and position in screens are remembered when you navigate away.
- Massively improved performance.
- Fixed the in-game clock occasionally jumping backwards before a match.
- Wages now follow your weekly or monthly preference on every screen.
- Dates are now shown in European format everywhere.
- Counted words now take the right singular or plural (“1 month”, “1 goal”) in every language.
- Spanish translation reviewed.