I do understand that point interest and potential sales is always paramount. However, it still doesn't explain how the likes of smaller nations such as Gibraltar and Latvia have been added, surely there is more interest in playing with the Egyptian and Moroccan leagues for instance (countries with larger football followings, as we all know one of those countries even reached the semis of the recent world cup) You can't tell me that there is more interest and sales potential in Gibraltar as opposed to Egypt?
I did see this thread: https://community.sigames.com/forums/topic/432016-which-of-these-leagues-if-added-to-the-next-version-of-fm-would-make-you-more-likely-to-make-a-purchase/ Which seems to suggest that there would some interest for more African leagues. While I praise SI for improving the licences (the UEFA competitions and particularly Japan which is not easy to get) there are still some areas that could do with improvement (the Indian Super league not being included is another example). While leagues can be added later on it's still quite disappointing to see many relatively stronger leagues (in relation to some leagues put into the game by default) being omitted each year.