The game offers two play modes: either full-management (running the entire club from advertising to pricing snacks), or coach (football elements only). You can have all six European leagues run at the same time, which opens up the possibility of not only player transfers but also management offers from clubs in Serie A. You can loan, buy, or exchange players- and even offer extra cash if the player plays more than 15 matches for example. Similar to business games such as Hollywood Mogul, the game requires you to negotiate with the club and the player’s agent.

In addition to new features that set the game apart from competitors, USM 98 boasts one of the most detailed and realistic transfer systems ever devised. This allows you to edit the teams and players to keep them up to date, something that is a very nice touch and not seen in soccer management sims until much later. Although very similar to Championship Manager in terms of epic scope and a multitude of options, it is better for one thing: a statistics editor. That's over 400 clubs and around 12,000 individual players, all with appropriate skills and stats.

USM 98 contains data for the 7 biggest Euroepean Leagues: England, Scotland, Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. One of the most underrated soccer simulation series of all time is back, and this time is arguably a better game than venerable Championship Manager 2.

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