Ever on-brand, it seems that professional footballers’ agents, go-to villains of the sporting world, are at it again.
For once it seems their antics have bled over to the -sporting world, however – or at least the sport-adjacent one of Football Manager.
Speaking on The Football Manager Show, a podcast by The Athletic, Sports Interactive studio head and long-time FM director Miles Jacobson mentioned a few of them have been in his ear, even going as far as to offer bribes to boost their representee’s ratings – only to be swiftly denied.
“I’ve had agents that have tried to bribe me to put stuff up,” he said, “and the ones that have asked me that know to never ask me that again. Because, I’m not one for bribing.” The Athletic also tweeted, likely mistakenly, today that Sports Interactive had “received” bribes to boost ratings, although Jacobson was quick to correct that: