{"id":1137282,"date":"2020-03-18T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1137282"},"modified":"2020-03-24T11:08:18","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T11:08:18","slug":"football-manager-2020-free-play-download","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/football-manager-2020-free-play-download\/","title":{"rendered":"How to play Football Manager 20 for free"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sports Interactive have extended the period over which Football Manager 2020 will be completely free and available to play for another week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The offer was first introduced<span> on Wednesday, 18 March, and now ends at 3:00pm (GMT) on Wednesday, 1 April, with PC and Mac users able to download and access the game via <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1100600\/Football_Manager_2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Steam<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7533381\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Once the offer expires, users can continue their journey by purchasing the game <span>at any time, with progress being saved in either your Documents folder or the Steam Cloud, so no need to worry if you&#8217;re on a roll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes amid <span>the coronavirus pandemic and with many households experiencing a period of self-isolation in an effort to contain COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>With football &#8211; and sport &#8211; in England and across most of the world put on hold for the time being, Sports Interactive&#8217;s offer presents the perfect opportunity for fans to satisfy all of their football cravings.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">???<\/p>\n<p>Football Manager 2020 is now completely free to play on Steam until 3PM (GMT) on March 25th for PC\/Mac <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FM20?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FM20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your season is just beginning&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fSwauIaemS\">https:\/\/t.co\/fSwauIaemS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vMetkSO6q0\">pic.twitter.com\/vMetkSO6q0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Football Manager (@FootballManager) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FootballManager\/status\/1240293351414476800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tired of waiting for Leeds to end their Premier League wait? 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