​Swansea City striker Bafetimbi Gomis has revealed he used Football Manager to study his team mates when he first signed for the club in 2014, according to ​Mail Online.





The Frenchman has had a tough season after initially starting the campaign in goalscoring form, and he now finds Swansea stuck in the Premier League's bottom three at Christmas. However, after agreeing to move to the club on a free transfer 18 months ago, Gomis revealed he turned to the much-loved management simulator to learn about who he'd be playing with next.

He said: "I played at Lyon for five years and there we played (Football Manager) a lot. And then I came to Swansea.





"After signing the contract, I went on holiday and took the game with me. If you have the latest game each player comes with a picture. So I started studying all my new teammates. Their names, where the played before, their position on the pitch. I studied their stats, if they were goal-scorers or more assist men. It helped me a lot.

Why wait to meet your future team mates? @BafGomis used FM to learn all about his new team. #WeAreTheManagers https://t.co/iXs6dy6wCf — Football Manager (@FootballManager) December 20, 2015

Gomis went on to state the people of the city were very good to him, but the bad weather means he gets more time to play the game - much to the irritation of his wife.





He added: "People are very welcoming, very warm. But then it's true that it rains a lot here and you end up staying in doors more often. So I have got more time to spend playing Football Manager.





"Sometimes my wife gets a bit annoyed! But when you win... zen..."



