FIFA 22 have announced the Spanish ratings for this year’s game and it’s not good news for cash-strapped Barcelona.
Unsurprisingly, Sergio Aguero does not rate as high as ex Lionel Messi in another blow to Barca – and it’s not good news for Eden Hazard, either.
Messi, who left the fallen giants in the summer for Paris Saint-Germain, is rated 93 – but replacement Aguero is just 87 on this year’s game.
Just SIX Barca stars have been included in the top 25 LaLiga players: Aguero, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Frenkie de Jong, Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Memphis Depay.
In comparison, Real Madrid have eight players in that list and Atletico Madrid boast five – including LaLiga’s top-ranked man Jan Oblak (91).
And on FIFA 21 – last year’s game – Barca had eight players in the top 25, a measure of just how much they’ve regressed in the last year or so.
Barca have been forced to say goodbye to several stars due to their reported £1BILLION debt, including Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann.
Replacements have not been as impressive, with Newcastle flop Luuk de Jong moving to the Nou Camp on deadline day.
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Neither De Jong nor fellow Barca striker – ex-Middlesbrough ace Martin Braithwaite – have broke into FIFA 22’s top 25 for LaLiga.
One glimmer of hope for Barca is fellow new signing Depay, who’s bagged a decent 85 rating after leaving French outfit Lyon.
Hazard will also not be happy with the ratings as he’s dropped to 85 after a difficult couple of seasons at Real Madrid.
The Premier League icon was rated 91 when he completed a £130m move from Stamford Bridge to the Bernabeu in June 2019.
But just four goals in 34 LaLiga games has seen Hazard’s rating drop significantly and he may fall out of the top 25 if his form doesn’t improve.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
