There are times I wish that there was a big button which activated my football knowledge, but unfortunately that isn’t possible in this cyborg-lacking world, so I’ll have to make do with what I’ve got.
A man named Gareth Bale played The Beautiful Game (professional football, not FIFA 14) for Tottenham in the Premier League, but then Real Madrid spent a lot of money so they could have him kick a ball around for them instead.
Obviously, this complicated things for the people at EA as he was still wearing a Tottenham t-shirt on their cover! Oh no. So, you see, what they did is they opened up Microsoft Paint or some other photo editing software and drew on a Real Madrid t-shirt and a new face for him.
It seems like a really nice juxtaposition with Lionel Messi – who plays for rival team Barcelona – on the cover too. I don’t think Bale’s new face is as good as his last one because he looks shocked, as if a man has run onto the pitch and kicked the ball when he shouldn’t have, rather than screaming into the air like he did before. I wouldn’t give this game cover upwards of a 7/10, personally, because it’s a bit Messi.
FIFA 14 releases on every released console except from the Wii U on September 27th, while the Xbox One and PS4 editions won’t release until their respective console launches of November 22nd and November 29th.
Source: Twitter
DividSmythe
It was only to be expected.
3shirts
Hopefully that’ll make him a few quid cos I hear he’s only being paid £27 a minute (every minute of every day and night) and no one should be expected to live on that.
Youles
He earned £1.80 in the time it took me to read your comment. :(
jonny_bolton
whatbaleearns.co.uk
double-o-dave
Its not bad being paid £500 to take a dump!
Amphlett
18.5 minutes to take a dump? What are you doing in there?!
double-o-dave
May of got a bit carried away there… I pretty much asked myself that too. Ok, £450 to take a dump!
Amphlett
I want Bale, or some other Spurs player on the front cover with their HP logo emblazoned!