With just over a month to go until Football Manager 2010 is finally released, there are a lot of people out there right now very excited about getting their hands on this latest title from Sports Interactive. Football Manager has never let us down yet, and having introduced the 3D match engine last time out; Football Manager 2010 looks all set to improve upon the 3D action first introduced last year.

For the first time in Football Manager history, Football Manager 2010 will introduce the option to create your own new leagues. You can add to already existing set-ups, so you could for instance add leagues from lower down the English league system than currently available, or simply start afresh by creating an entirely new league system. An actual ‘Champions League’ could be created for instance in which you could place the Champions of each top level league in Europe, or you may even wish to make an even broader league, featuring some of your favourite teams from all over the world. The choice is absolutely yours; you could have Manchester United playing in a league with the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid, and AC Milan, or perhaps even create a league for fun where teams such as Liverpool, Wolfsburg, and Marseille may have to make the trip to Oxford United’s Kassam Stadium.

Football Manager 2010 will provide a fantastic new level of fantasy, and I for one will no doubt have great fun setting up elaborate new league systems, as well as employing my favourite old Football Manager tactic of taking on a team from the lower levels and looking to take them as high as possible.

October 30th is the date that Football Manager 2010 will be released, and that is when the football management fun will finally begin.