Football Manager 2024 has been released live on Steam through early access and fans of the popular game are already sinking their teeth into the latest edition.
The series is now over 30-years old and an impressive worldwide database of clubs, players and staff gives gamers the opportunity to take charge of their beloved clubs and attempt to guide them to unprecedented successes. Just for fun, we simulated three years into the future with the new game to see how clubs across the Scottish Premiership and the rest of the world had fared.
Here is how the Celtic starting XI looked in our simulation at the close of the 2026 summer transfer window:
9. LW - Daizen Maeda
His 25/26 season is particularly impressive where he scores 14 league goals with an average rating of 7.27 | Getty Images
10. CAM - Ritsu Doan
Signed in January 2024 for £2.2m from SC Freiburg, the latest Japanese recruit seems to improve season on season with an incredible 7.48 rating for the 25/26 campaign where he is named the club’s player of the year | Getty Images
11. CF - Jeremy Doku
With game time at Man City hard to come by he moves to Celtic on loan for 25/26 and nets 13 goals in 34 league games. That’s enough for the Hoops to bring him back once again for a second loan spell in the summer of 2026 | Getty Images
12. Manager - Javi Calleja
Celtic stick with Brendan Rodgers despite finishing second to Rangers two seasons in a row and winning no trophies in 24/25. He regains the league title in 2026 and Aston Villa move to bring him back to England as Calleja arrives from Levante | Getty Images