Sports Interactive has always dominated the market when it comes to football managements sims; Eidos is hoping to provide some serious competiton for its bitter rival this year however, and is trying out a new tactic of letting people name their price when ordering Championship Manager 10.

Take a trip to the Championship Manager Store and you can pre-order the game right now for a penny; there’s also a £2.50 transaction fee, so you’ll technically be paying £2.51 for the title, even still you’ll be getting an absolute bargain however, and will be able to download your copy of Championship Manager 10 from midnight on September 11^th.

Eidos has played a very clever game in announcing this name your price model for Championship Manager 10, and the prospect of owning a digital copy of Eidos’ new game for such a small price is sure to tempt many people to try the game out that perhaps hadn’t played Championship Manager since the Eidos/Sports Interactive split several years back.

Championship Manager is going to gain a lot of extra fans from this year, and Eidos will be hoping that the fans gained will be sticking with the series for many years to come.