ROMELU Lukaku has slammed his “s***” new FIFA 21 rating and even claimed EA Sport deliberately mess with the numbers to draw a reaction out of the players.
The release of top 100 best-rated players has caused a stir among the stars with some delighted by their new rating and some, like Lukaku, left fuming.
Romelu Lukaku was docked a point on his overall score, but still retains strong ratings in other departments
The Belgian striker sensed a conspiracy afoot and tried to play down his annoyance
The yearly release of the information ahead of the new FIFA game has become notable for professional players raging at what they see as harsh ratings.
And the ex-United striker reckons its all to drum up publicity for the popular footy game.
He tweeted: “Let’s be honest FIFA just mess with the ratings so we players start complaining about the game and give them more publicity… I ain’t with this s***. I know what I do.”
His complaints came despite the fact he was downgraded by only ONE point from last year’s edition.
The Inter Milan star is rated as an 85 overall in FIFA 21, which is just behind his 86 rating on the previous FIFA 20.
But the score does place him behind the likes of Jamie Vardy and his Serie A opponent Ciro Immobile.
The Belgian enjoyed a great first season in Serie A after being sold by Manchester United.
He hit 23 goals in 36 Serie A matches and broke European records by scoring in 10 consecutive Europa League matches.
The BBC’s Dan Walker presents Alexander-Arnold with his FIFA ratings cardCredit: Twitter / @BBCMOTD
The England international is pleased at first – and then sees his shooting ratingCredit: Twitter / @BBCMOTD
Only EA Sports will know why his stock has not risen after a fantastic season on the pitch.
Meanwhile, Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak was the highest rated goalkeeper and clocked up an incredible score of 91.
It puts him only behind outfield wizards Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Kevin De Bruyne and Neymar.
He even managed to get ahead the Liverpool trio of Virgin Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane and PSG’s wonderkid Kylian Mbappe.
Meanwhile, Trent Alexander-Arnold has seen an outstanding year at Liverpool bear fruit in his new rating.
The talented right-back could hardly fend off a grin when presented with his new FIFA card.
The only thing that surprised him was his underwhelming shooting score of 66 – despite hitting three goals from direct free-kicks last season.
The title-winning defender quipped to the BBC: “Maybe they put that in there because it’s my squad number.”
Manchester City’s Aymeric Laporte was named FIFA’s fourth-best centre back – but was irked by the game giving him a pace rating of only 63.
He shared his grievances with a hilarious social media post of his reaction.
The game is set to be released on October 9 this year, with early access on October 6 to those who pre-order.
The game’s traditional release date of late September was disrupted by coronavirus.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
