Licensing issues mean that football video and simulation games have a long history of using fake names to carefully avoid potential disputes.
The likes of Konami's Pro Evolution series famously popularised teams such as 'Man Red' players like 'Naldarinho', but nowadays there is generally no such confusion.
However, there are still a number of fake names littered across football titles, such as 'Piemonte Calcio' in FIFA and now Manchester United have been renamed 'Man UFC' from Football Manager 2022 on.
A legal dispute between Manchester United and the makers of the Football Manager games is the reason why the Red Devils are known as 'Manchester UFC' on Football Manager 2022.
The club launched legal action against Sega and Sports Interactive in May 2020 over what it argued was an infringement of trademark.
