There are winners and losers each year when EA Sports announces the player ratings for FIFA. As player form ebbs and flows (and superstars edge their way onto the cover of the game), ratings adjust accordingly. You can’t please everyone. And, it seems, you can’t please Romelu Lukaku.
The former Manchester United striker has a conspiracy theory about the player ratings, claiming EA “mess” with them in order to get players complaining about the game “and give them more publicity”.
Well, Lukaku’s on to you, EA. He “ain’t with this sh*t”, he said. “I know what I do.”
Lukaku, clearly, is upset with his player rating in FIFA 21, so let’s have a look at what’s what. Lukaku is ranked the 65th best player in the game, with an overall rating of 85. This is the same overall rating as the current Inter goalscorer’s card in FIFA 20, and therein lies the problem.
Lukaku clearly feels his overall rating should have increased, and so he should. The 27-year-old scored 34 goals in his debut season for Inter. The last Inter player to score as many goals in his first season for the club was Brazilian forward Ronaldo in the 1997/98 season.
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What’s interesting here is that while Lukaku’s overall rating has remained the same compared to FIFA 20, his stats have increased. Lukaku’s pace has shot up, his shooting rating is up by one, his passing is up by three, his dribbling is up by three, his defence is up by three and his physicality remains the same. That’s a pretty decent year-on-year improvement.