Archive: november 14, 2008
Everton FC Using Football Manager 2009 To Find Talent [Football Manager 2009]
![Everton FC Using Football Manager 2009 To Find Talent [Football Manager 2009]](/images/news/41275_l.jpg)
How good is Football Manager 2009's player database? Professional quality, apparently - at least that is the opinion of Everton Football Club, who plan to use it to scout for talented players.
The English team - currently at 7th place in the Barclays Premier League - have signed an exclusive deal with Sports Interactive that will give manager David Moyes full access to the database of performance statistics used in the game. Moyes will be able to use the games dataset of players within 20,000 active FIFA teams across 50 countries to look for untapped talent in time for January's transfer window...
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