This is the turn-based version of Not EAFC 24 Coins, and will be a mobile game. We didn't see any distinct gameplay trailer for it, but it appeared to be playing in the background while Wlodyka discussed it briefly. And when I say 'briefly', I ain't kidding. A turn-based strategy game offering entirely new ways to experience the world's game, is the only information we got, and the gameplay clip at the end of the segment might not even have been it. Assuming it was, what we saw was a top down view of a pitch (think Football Manager or when you simulate matches in Career Mode) of Liverpool playing Man City, as well as a clip of a stadium being upgraded in classic mobile freemium format. With these two pieces of information, we can make some educated guesses about the game.

First off, the line-ups were the real teams (if slightly outdated with the presence of Gundogan), meaning it may function more like traditional Kick Off or Career Mode rather than Ultimate Team where you build a team of legends. The stadium upgrade also suggests this could be a game with focus on the business management or city-building side of things - I'm imagining The Simpsons: Tapped Out but instead of buying donuts for Homer it's isotonics for Trent Alexander-Arnold, or something.

As for how the football itself would work, I'm not quite sure. It could be a digitised Subbuteo, but we have more advanced and tactical football board games that include deck-building and dice rolls to determine moving, shooting, passing, and tackling. Will the player's base stats play a factor? Is the turn-based game as simple as clicking the player you want to pass to and the opponent trying to guess, or is it a chance-based engine like X-COM?

I love football and while FIFA's (now EA Sports FC's) fast-paced and frantic arcade realism is one of the best interpretations of the beautiful game put to pixel, I'm always fascinated in seeing new takes on the sport. I know why EA Sports is emphasising the tweaks to Ultimate Team and trying to convince us that this year's dribbling is based on the dribbliest dribblers who ever dribbled, but it's the completely fresh ideas that are far more exciting to me. I hope buy FC 24 Coins Tactical doesn't let me down.