It's the same game largely, but they've enhanced it cosmetically and added a few things like side missions, vehicles, radio content and the main change is that you can play it all in first person.
He shouldn't be getting a free ride now. Sure he's dealing with financial constraints, but so is almost every manager in charge of a club as well as those who have been in charge of clubs.
This is what I was expecting yeah. I think it's just one of those things where it's shit to have it confirmed, like Sisu winning the bid under the guise of Otium.