2014 video game predicts England XI v Serbia including Chelsea and Man Utd men - and it's wild

Euro 2024 is upon us and the excitement is building across the country as England approach their first group game with Serbia on Sunday evening. The Three Lions are the pre-tournament favourites and they’ll be expected to go deep into the competition with the talented, young and hungry squad Gareth Southgate has at his disposal.

There is debate about Southgate’s starting XI for the opening game but whoever he picks will be expected to get the job done and get England off to a fast start in the tournament after going so close to European glory at Wembley Stadium three years ago.

But how is today’s line-up different to what was expected a decade ago. To find out, we downloaded FM14 and simulated to the present day to see how the game had England lining up at the tournament.

Of course, there are a few familiar faces involved and a large proportion of the XI below have picked up England caps over their careers. Only one member of FM14’s starting XI is involved in Southgate’s squad in real life, though. Here is how FM14 thought the England starting XI would look for their Euro 2024 opener: (As anyone who has played the game will expect, the squad did feature a number of re-gens - computer generated players created by the game to replace real life players who age out. We did not include these players in our starting XI and replaced them with the next best player in the squad in their position)