Pinnacle Software has announced the upcoming release of Football Director DS in which you get to lead your favorite (English or Welsh) club to the top of the league.


Is your favourite football club far from winning the league? Are they languishing at the bottom of the league table? This Christmas you have a genuine chance to make things better. Take on the job of a football director and lead your team to trophy wins. Football Director DS is the first football management game for the Nintendo DS allowing total control over the 92 English & Welsh Football and Premier League teams. It'll be one of the most desired gifts in every man's stocking. Fabio Capello would love it!

Select from over 3,800 players, hunt for a bargain on the transfer market, negotiate contracts, set tactics and strategies, and do all of the day-to-day activities of the football director.

With Football Director DS, gamers are given total control to take on one of the most challenging jobs in the world! Pick up and play the game in five-minute chunks and over longer, season-conquering sessions. Clearly arranged menus, icons and team sheets make the game easy to navigate and simple in building your own dream football team.

Features:

• Manage your team to league & cup glory
  Lead your team to domestic and international triumph.
• Monitor & control your club finances
  Take responsibility for your club's financial performance, with full access to the club's accounts and control over wages, contracts and dealings with the bank.
• Negotiate player contracts & wages
  Comprehensive statistical records allow you to keep track of both team and individual player performances.
• Buy & sell players on the transfer markets
  Choose to invest in big money transfers or nurture up and coming youth talent for your team.
• Recruit players from Italian, German & Spanish leagues
  A vibrant international transfer market allows you to sign top players from across the globe.
• Train your squad to their maximum fitness & ability
  Control your training regimes, with full control over the time dedicated to set-pieces, tactics etc... and mould your players into a title-challenging squad.
• Select match tactics & strategies
  Tactical options give the player control over formations, playing style, defensive strategies and levels of aggression.
• Hire & fire backroom staff
  Choose your own non-playing staff, hire and fire to create the ideal backroom team to support your entire playing staff; from first team stars to youth team hopefuls.
• Watch & listen to matches unfold with live commentary and crowd responses
  The realistic match simulation delivers all of the facts and figures needed to make substitutions or strategic changes as matches unfold.
• The Football League
  Football Director DS is an official licensed product of The Football League.
• Become a Football Director on the move
  Intuitive, Nintendo DS stylus-driven interface allows quick and easy access to all screens and data.

Football Director DS will be launched on Friday the 28th November 2008

Thirty screenshots are available on our gamepage for Football Director DS for all fans of fixtures and statistics.