Brexit: When fact meets fiction in computer game Football Manager

    By Henry Young, CNN

    Updated 1544 GMT (2344 HKT) October 28, 2016

    Has a football computer game got more of a Brexit strategy than Britain's Conservative government ...? West Ham United's French interational Dmitri Payet, who was one of the most successful English Premier League imports during the 2015-2016 season, is pictured.
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    Sport meets politics – Has a football computer game got more of a Brexit strategy than Britain's Conservative government ...? West Ham United's French interational Dmitri Payet, who was one of the most successful English Premier League imports during the 2015-2016 season, is pictured.
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    The likes of Premier League winner N'Golo Kante and Ballon D'or nominee Dimitri Payet wouldn't have been afforded the chance to thrive in the Premier League under potential "hard" Brexit permutations, if the new edition of Football Manager is to be believed.
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    Goodbye Dimitri? – The likes of Premier League winner N'Golo Kante and Ballon D'or nominee Dimitri Payet wouldn't have been afforded the chance to thrive in the Premier League under potential "hard" Brexit permutations, if the new edition of Football Manager is to be believed.
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    With a database of over 600,000 players and staff around the world, the Football Manager franchise offers "unparalleled access" to the intricacies of the beautiful game.