Around Europe
After just over 21 seasons in this save, I thought it'd be good to take a look around the continent to see if much has changed. I'll do the top 10 leagues to condense it, but also look at continental and international tournaments as well.
England
Not a lot has changed here really, the same big teams are still dominating with Newcastle managing to sneak in for an EPL win in 33/34. Everton also managed to get a runners up a couple years later.
Italy
Italy are now the second most reputable league in Europe, and it's mostly been the Milan show. No non-Milan team has won the Serie A for 16 seasons, although it looks like Napoli might be the best positioned to change that.
Spain
Spain is probably the most unchanged, with only Barcelona or Real Madrid winning the league. How boring.
Germany
Returning to familiar territory, and it looks like Union Berlin have done pretty well since I left. They've won the league again, and finished in the top 3 in 8 of the last 10 seasons. Those 2 seasons they missed were the most recent though, as they finished 5th and then 6th, which could mean the start of a slide.
France
The era of PSG dominance looks to have some cracks, as they've only won 2 of the last 6. This coincides with the departure of the Qatari oil money in 2038, which was clearly a huge loss. Cool to see Lens as the possible benefactors of that though, as their new tycoon clearly helped them to those 2 Ligue 1 titles.
Netherlands
Nothing overly exciting in terms of winners, but a few not so fancy teams appearing here like Go Ahead Eagles and Heracles.
Portugal
Famalicao is the only club outside Porto and Lisbon to have won in Portugal, but currently the biggest challenger to that norm looks to be Penafiel.
Belgium
Antwerp have emerged as the new force in Belgium, also thanks to a tycoon takeover in 2036 that saw them also make the Conference League final.
Scotland
Nothing is dispatching the Old Firm, with Aberdeen, Hearts and Hibernian a very distant 3rd.
Austria
We wrap things up in Austria, where the most noticeable absence recently is RB Salzburg. They were actually relegated in 2037 but rebounded straight away and haven't finished higher than 7th since. Tirol have been a sensation, winning the league in 2040, getting relegated in 2041, promotion in 2042, and then the two straight league wins. Insane!
Champions League
Liverpool had a brief dominant run, with 3 straight in the last 5 seasons. Apart from that no real new teams except maybe Everton in a losing Merseyside Derby effort in 2041/42.
Europa League
Union Berlin ended up being the runners up this season Mostly seems to be German clubs and Atletico Madrid that won this recently, with a few niche English clubs like Everton, Leicester and Leeds coming close.
Conference League
Everton finally got a win in European competition, but not before Kobenhavn who defeated another surprise nation in their final. Some other cool teams include Raith Rovers, Antwerp, Utrecht, Torino and Slavia Prague.
World Cup
The World Cup has not left Europe in this save, with only Colombia and Argentina not from the continent.
EURO
It finally came home in 2040, but the first 3 were dominated by France and the Netherlands, with France going 2-1 in their final encounters.
Copa America
Ecuador is sandwiched between Colombia and Uruguay here, with Argentina and Brazil being surprising perennial bridesmaids.
Gold Cup
For some reason USA, Mexico and Canada weren't in the 2025 and 2027 editions (something to do with the 2026 WC perhaps) which produced some fun results. Trinidad and Tobago managed to win a title with the big 3 present, and Martinique also featured prominently, no doubt making use of the French dual nationality.
African Cup of Nations
Strangely enough, the only non-traditional superpower that won the AFCON was in the first running. Guinea-Bissau had a couple of nice third places, but apart from that nothing unusual.
But now onto the next destination.....
It looks like I have two choices, either Scotland or Turkey. Given my fictional proximity to Scotland, I'd like that to be my next destination and have applied for a job there. But failing that I'll activate Turkey as playable and see who from Ankara wants me.