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 Hearts starting XI looked in our simulation at the close of the 2026 summer transfer window:
1. GK - Jamie Cumming
Zander Clark remains at the club but as back up to the former Chelsea stopper who arrives on a free transfer from Southampton | AFP via Getty Images
2. CB - Kye Rowles
Barely misses a match in three seasons between 2023 and 2026, remaining a stalwart of the Tynecastle defence throughout | SNS Group
3. CB - Craig Halkett
Looked to have put his injury trouble behind him with consistent from an appearances between 2023 and 2025 but misses a large part of the 2025/26 season although is back in the starting XI once again | SNS Group
4. CB - Tom Edwards
Released by Stoke City after his 2023/24 loan at Huddersfield and snapped up by the Jambos - the Englishman is capable at both centre back and right back | Getty Images