>The Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi will not be on the cover of FIFA’s incredibly popular series for the first time since FIFA 12.
>The vote will be between Manchester United’s Anthony Martial, Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez and Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus, with voting opening today and closing on July 20th.
>United’s Anthony Martial, Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez and Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus
>literally whos that never achieved anything for the cover
>>69270676
Is everything crumbling down for messi?
>>69270676
You forgot to post the source dummie
>>69270727
https://www.easports.com/fifa/cover-vote
>>69270676
Should be Hazard la. 3rd best player in the world
>>69270676
>Anthony Martial
>Marco Reus
>James Rodriguez
wtf
none of them can be in the starting XI of their clubs or NT.
>>69270676
What if the players refuse to let EA use their image?
>>69271023
I'm pretty sure most of them concede their image rights to their clubs when they sign their contracts
>>69271023
They wouldn't if they know what's good for them
>>69271023
I assume, though I don't actually know, that in order to be registered as a player in a FIFA sanctioned league you have to let them use your image in their various licensed properties.
>>69271092
nah there's a reason Neymar is on the cover of PES and not FIFA, the reason is called money baby. If you want me on the cover of your game, you gotta pay
>no Messi
>not even anyone good to replace him
>instead one of these these third rate ''''stars''''
JUST
>>69271054
>>69271065
>>69271092
Just read this. Worth a read if you're interested.
http://www.postmatch.org/251/ronaldo-beckham-aguero-football-image-rights/
maybe they didn't renew Messi's contract for the cover because it's so expensive
>>69270676
well that's because most 15 years old prefere meme players with stylish hair and gay style
players like messi, iniesta, modric will never make it to a cover again because they don't have these characteristics
>>69271193
Messi will be on the cover of PES 2017
>replace Messi on the cover
And those names are the best they could come up with?
>>69271221
They could have at least had the decency to offer a vote for someone in Germany. You know, the current WC title holders?
James is the most universally recognized star from that list, prove me wrong.
>>69271276
Götze would look good on the cover
>>69271192
>maybe they didn't renew Messi's contract for the cover because it's so expensive
Of course thats the reason, that is now what is being discussed, the problem is that they put players that aren't that good for the cover.
There are at least 20 players at a higher level of fame/skill than them.
>>69270676
>no vardy
why?
>>69270676
>Martial
really scraping the barrel here
>>69271305
Goatse would look good on the cover.
I hope I can vote for a Chilean player some day.
I'd like Aranguiz on the cover, but that's in the realm of fantasy.
>>69271338
This. Goatze, Vardy, would have been better choices than the relatively literally whos aside from James.
>>69271338
Lol at the idea of Vardy's ugly mug. Sir Harry would be the obvious choice
>Not world class striker and Euro 2016 Golden Boot Winner, Olivier Giroud
>>69271023
>not wanting to be in the cover of the most famous football game
>>69270676
None of those guys are even among the 10 best players in the world, why are they the options?
>>69271431
Why not? Maybe they don't want to be associated with this shit.
>James
>>69271431
So how's that AFA going Argenbro? Did they fuck up again or what?
>>69270676
I would choose, in order
>James
>Martial
>Reus
>Hazard
>>69271444
Because they are hyped talents. Mueller and Neymar are too ugly for the cover, Suarez eats people, Neuer is a goalkeeper, Ibra too offensive. Kinda surprised that Donaldo isnt an option, though.
List of players that are better than anyone on that list and have actually achieved things with their club/NT:
Lewandowski
Aubameyang
Neuer
Godin
Mascherano
Suarez aka El Rey Rato
Iniesta
Vardy
Griezmann
Zlatan
Higuain
Aguero
Di Maria
Bale
Mahrez
Pogba
Lacazette
And many, many more.
>>69271054
Get off the proxy, Kevin
I know that's how it works here but not with this
>>69271538
What has Higuain won other than Coppa Italia?
It should be Neur to be honest, he's too GOAT
>>69270676
At least Martial still has time to live up to the hype, the rest of them are dead wood. I get that they wanted to save money but there are far better players that would've been cheaper: Iniesta, Suarez, Bale, Lahm, Neuer, Robben (dead last season but still good), Kroos, etc. Even doing a throwback with Ronaldinho & Ronaldo (fat) would be miles better.
this image should be in the cover of FIFA17
>Messi not on the cover
does this mean FIFA is getting good again?
best FIFAs were when at least Rooney was on the cover. it started to go downhill for me when Messi got added on the cover. the game changed too much and for the worst.
all these players sucked this year why no Dybala?
>>69271538
Bale, Neuer, Lewandowski or Pogba would have worked.
Also, Griezmann has just played in champions league final and Martial isn't even his understudy at the Euros.
But they're going for that money from India and its endless waves of United supporters.
>>69271585
Photoshop it onto Goatse's rectum.
>>69271585
>FIFA TSUUUUUUUUUUVENTEEN
I'd buy it
>>69271538
>No Giroud
I know he would never get on the cover but desu I do think it's weird neither him or Ozil are on the shortlist as FIFA loves to suck EPL cock.
>>69271516
ronaldo and neymar are with pes
>>69271538
>Lewandowski
Polish and Bayern player, doesnt appeal to enough people
>Aubameyang
Nigger, Dortmund player, dresses like a clown, unknown
>Neuer
GOALKEEPER ARENT EVEN PLAYERS LOL XDD
>Godin
Too old and defender
>Mascherano
See above
>Suarez aka El Rey Rato
Eats people
>Iniesta
Too old, bald
>Vardy
Meme
>Griezmann
Atletico players, not one of the hyped memes, legit though kinda weird hes not in there
>Zlatan
Too offensive and arrogant
>Higuain
Too much of a choker, the others havent accomplished anything but didnt choke either
>Aguero
Choker and shit
>Di Maria
Too ulgy
>Bale
Too old, balding
>Mahrez
'Literally who' will 90% of the customers ask
>Pogba
No way in hell they will put a nigger with a mohawk on the cover
>Lacazette
'Does he have 95 points in shooting'?
>>69271305
They wanted to use Götze over Reus, but when designing the cover they came to realise that he didn't fit.
But who will the arse bandits vote for??
Because you fucking retards, they're popular. Remember the old Fifa covers? They didn't all have the best players.
>>69271691
I get it. cause Gotze GotFatz.
All 4 of those are jokes. They should put Suarez or Bale on it.
>>69271372
If it didnt happen for vidal or sanchez is not gonna happen for a chilean for a while.
Isnt the cover supposed to go to the player with best stat?.
Like to make it easy to practice skills.
Should be:
Lewandowski
Griezmann
Neymar
Harry Kane
Alexis Sanchez
imagine they put a burger player
All I ask is...don't vote for a fucking nigger.
There's already one being forced in career mode, please don't let another one come in the cover
>>69271725
Real talk i would rather have the whole Iceland team on the cover
>>69271755
They used to for the US version. It was either Donovan or Dempsey.
whatever happened to having one flagship player with the best year and just adding other good marketable players based on the sale region?
>>69271755
Donavon was on a cover once
>>69271755
>>69271759
Poo in loos will vote for Martial and there's literally nothing you can do about it
>>69270980
reus starts for dortmund, and he would start for germany if he wasn't always hurt
>>69271755
imagine they put a female burger player
>>69271684
Bale is 26, how is he old? He is younger than Reus.
>>69270676
>United’s Anthony Martial, Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, Real Madrid’s James Rodriguez and Borussia Dortmund’s Marco Reus
lel they really wanted to save money
>>69270676
FIFA is shit anyway
a lot of fags will continue to buy it because muh online
PES is better now
>>69270676
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlVtjD5aG68
this is my opinion on messi
>>69270676
>never achieved anything
Wut?
Martial is a Euro 2016 winner
It's staying home, lads
>>69270676
they forgot about france in their WWI game, no wonder they forgot about the GOAT on their fifa game cover
>>69272000
they what?
is this for real?
>>69271725
Suarez is a bit controversial in general and I wouldn't put him either.
>>69272023
of course anon.
just google it
>>69272023
Yep
They made a WW1 game in which you can play Brits, Italians, African-Americans and Bedouins but not the French
WHAT THE
Why not Payet?
Payet is very popular among football fans except for Liverpool/Everton/Arsenal/Tottenham fans and he's even liked by literally every pundit
He's going to be the Euro's best player
Why not Payet?
PAYET
We've got Payet
Will the Curse of the FIFA cover be broken?
>>69270975
If you're measuring them by how hard they flopped, I'd say he's 1st.
>>69271538
>lewandowski
Okay I guess
>aubameyeng
I'll give you that one
>neuer
Eh...
>godin
No
>mascherano
No
>Suarez
I'll give you that
>iniesta
This isn't 2010
>vardy
Agreed
>griezmann
Ehhhh
>zlatan
I'm automatically biased against him but don't think he deserves it 2bh
>higuain
Lmao
>aguero
Lmaoooooo
>di maria
LMAOOOOOOOO
>bale
He's already on the cover of other video games
>mahrez
Belongs with vardy I think
>pogba
Ehhhhhhhhhh
>lacazette
Who?
>and many many more
Like who? I found like 4 legit choices
>>69272051
To be fair: the French provided the battlefield and the hookers not much more.
>>69272051
Is this confirmed?.
If so EA is fucking useless at historical games. They should just focus on their bullshit sports games and the sims.
Any game about ww1 without france and russia is bullshit.
I know that Giroud is universally hated, but he scored more goals than Martial last season, he's the best looking player in the world and he can actually get in his NT's starting 11
>>69272589
>he's the best looking player in the world
Nah, his fucking skin is awful.
>>69272605
at least it isn't black.
LOL good. Nobody want that fucking autistic little faggot on a videogame box. Fifa is a game for friends not autistic loser. Here is the best type of box for Messi to cover
1. Cheese Pizza box
2. Milk Carton (because milk is good cooling for people who can't handle Chile!)
3. Toolbox, is good for hiding tacks (tax)
4. Lunch box, for the autistic kid who sits on his own and has anchovies from a can with cheese
5. Sega Sonic the Hedgehog game box
6. Postbox because autists use letter and not email
7. Toy box for train figures
8. Chocolate box to give autistic kid a treat from after he has a day without autism fits (he will associate his hero messi with the reward)
9. Wine Box, so mother of autistic child can tell her autistic child 'I am just playing with Messi' when she get drunk to avoid suicide due to pain of having autist as kid
10. Cake box, including Messi cake for autists birthday
9001. football videogame box
900002. Music Ballet box, autists are scared of music and women so Messi isnt a good mascot
It should either be a Leciester cover, Bale or Nerman in that order.
Anything else makes no sense
>no payet
>>69272447
you will be able to play russians in a DLC.
ww1 tanks are faster than ww2 tanks
there are zeppelins with turbo chargers
the main character will be a nigger smashing white peoples face in
and 30% of the german army will be niggers too becuz muh diversity. ( confirmed )
>>69272280
we have lethal hookers then they killed 1 million+ germans with their infected cunts
>>69273122
>>69273122
Is there any trench warfare/management or is it still a glorified fps?
>>69272051
I bet they include the Americans though and we pretend they are the heroes of every war ever again
>>69271654
new feature that works with playstation microphone, shout TSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU into it, the louder the more tap ins ronaldo scores
>>69271279
You're right, you can't be proven wrong about it
pes is better
Vardy should get cover
anyone but Neymar pls
>>69273300
Technically, we were the heroes of WWI. It was just that we saved the Entente by sending money and supplies. Our actual soldiers were basically irrelevant.
>>69272051
I was mad at this too, until I realized the true intention behind it.
It's EA, so French army will be their next big DLC. Mark my words.
>>69271558
God why is every tripautist such an annoying faggot
Reus, it's already done guys.
>>69270676
FIFA is utter shit now, momentum has been way overdone and I'm getting seriously tired of this defence.
PES manages to not be as shitty
>>69272676
I smiled
>>69272888
Man United paid for Martial to be on the cover, it's a part of their agenda to buy their way back into top 4 super club status, and it all starts with tricking casuals into thinking Martial is actually good by putting him on the FIFA17 cover
>>69270676
>>literally whos that never achieved anything for the cover
didnt we unironically have jordan henderson one year?
>>69275220
Neymar is on PES cover.
>>69279548
Behind Messi and only fir UK release.
>>69272676
>900002. Music Ballet box, autists are scared of music and women so Messi isnt a good mascot
lyl
Messhit missed a pen during the photo shoot and retired on the spot from Fifa covers.
>>69270676
Haven't EA always been biased towards British players?
If so they should choose Gareth Bale
>>69271516
>Ibra too offensive
kek
>>69270676
The cover should be a picture of wine and mince pies
>>69271712
Yup Fifa 2006 had Rooney in it alongside Ronaldinho and at the time I was like "who the fuck is this dude?"
>>69272023
Yeah they forced a nigger on the cover too for "muh political correctness"
The game is made by DICE which is a Swedish Video Game Developer...that says it all
>>69270676
>The Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi will not be on the cover of FIFA’s incredibly popular series for the first time since FIFA 12.
:o hes finally gonna win something
>>69270676
BRING BACK PELE
>>69271559
you can put him offcenter on the cover
I'm not even a Messifag but replacing him by people like Hazard?
I mean, come on.
After Messi, Ronaldo and Neymar there isn't a big Football Star anymore like in the old days.
>there are people out there that willingly play FIFA games when Pro Evolution ones exist
>Memetial
>Eden "show up for 2 games a season" azzar
One of these are probably guaranteed, fucking EA
>>69282960
>:o hes finally gonna win something
>>69273122
>and 30% of the german army will be niggers too becuz muh diversity. ( confirmed )
WIR
Let's all be honest.
Of these 4, reus is the best, but there is really no way he'll make the cover.
Martial has no change because he has never done a fucking thing at United.
Rodriguez has a decent chance because Real fans are morons and are willing to stuff a ballot.
Hazard will get the most votes because he's praised by so many people despite being so fucking overrated.
If you're going to but anyone on the cover, why not someone like anyone but these four, like fucking conte?
Who cares anyway, FIFA hasn't been relevant in such a long time.
Glad I switched to PES when I did.
>>69283349
Featuring all your favourite soccer stars. Like Adiaga! Adiaga two! Badiaga! Aruglia! And Pizzoza!
>>69273122
No, French are the only confirmed DLC. Russians are the ones who have not confirmation.
>>69271953
>PES is better now
Always was 2bh.
Why no Sepp Blatter / Loretta Lynch on the FIFA cover? Or Platini?
>>69270705
>Still gonna make $30m a year for the next 5 years
>Still has a 10/10 wife
>Still has countless individual and team trophies
Not really
>>69271538
>putting a goalkeeper on the cover
Oh yeah that FIFA GK gameplay hnnnggh.
>>69270980
James apparently captains the NT
>>69271516
Only real options are pogba, odegaard and maybe OUI. Also the big question will Messi be at least in the reserves for the national team.
>>69284227
the AFA is kill
RIP Argentina
>>69284029
it's still FIFA, not Mafia 3
>>69284272
but there is a story mode this year
>>69271684
bale has already been on the cover
>>69271677
FIFA loves shitting on Arsenal though, if FM put players on its covers it'd be Wilshere/Ramsey for eternity
Bayol? Suarez? Zlatan?
>>69271538
>Lewandowski
Shit for NT but good for club. Also not as well known as Rodriguez or Hazard. Looks good though.
>Aubameyang
Plays for Literally who: NT edition. Great for club but he's fucking hideous.
>Neuer
Too late. Should've been on the cover for FIFA 15 with Messi.
>Godin
Defenders aren't as popular as attackers.
>Mascherano
see Godin
>Suarez aka El Rey Rato
Too ugly. Otherwise a perfect option
>Iniesta
see Suarez
>Vardy
see Iniesta
>Griezmann
Decent option but not the best
>Zlatan
Absolute memestrosity
>Higuain
Meme for NT and great for club
>Aguero
Injury prone fuck who should've been on the cover with Messi in FIFA 13.
>Di Maria
see Vardy
>Bale
see Di Maria
>Mahrez
Did the exact same thing as Hazard in the 14/15 season but is fucking ugly.
>Pogba
Should've been him instead of Martial desu. He fits the black quota bullshit but is actually a big player unlike Martial. Also means all four play in different leagues.
>Lacazette
literally who
probably because of tax fraud and shiiet
>>69272676
>5. Sega Sonic the Hedgehog game box
I would play Messi the Hedgehog well before I played a FIFA game
why not him?
>>69270975
Why is it always americans with these meme opinions
>>69283970
PES has better gameplay, being without licenses is irrelevant, people don't want to play with "the red devils" they want to play with Man Utd.
They should go with Iniesta imo
