Player Review
92 - Icon
I've never actually been all that interested in obtaining Icons in general on FIFA however I did the mid Icon pack just because I got Yashin from Icon Swaps, unfortunately and could do with an Icon midfielder or attacker for links in future teams. I was lucky enough to have packed this geezer.
The way I go about playing FIFA, I have not had a player score more goals than games since Thomas Müller's TOTS back in FIFA 20 however this guy sure does have the power to carry a team, as his price tag suggests. How well he manipulates the ball is insane, almost as if he duct taped the ball to his left boot. And speaking of his left boot, my oh my does it know how to finish! The number 1 thing that had my hand on my head astonished about this card was how good he was with left stick dribbling, shot cancels and bridges, leaving any Varane coming his was lost in the mud. And with his body type, he had just about the physique to body off a Joe Gomez which is not something you would find in a player like Ben Yedder, for example. Despite that though, this is not me saying he's got 99 balance 99 strength as due to his size he can still have the ball stolen off him (though I may be at fault for this since I'm only a gold 2/gold 1 player). Finally, I should not forget his final pass. In my 'fun' team, I set him up front with Player Moments Luis Suárez as they are both elite attacks, both in FIFA and in their careers, and it makes me feel relieved knowing he can play anywhere in attack.
- Speed boosts
- Agility
- Outside Foot Shot trait as it compensates for the lack of weak foot
- Ball control - ball sticks to his foot
- Useable card for the rest of this FIFA
- Elite at passing as he is at scoring - This is good for pass-and-gos, one-twos, and switching the play, going hand-in-hand with his attacking positioning
- Okay physical
- Okay physical but would of course still be bodied by a charging Virgil van Dijk
- I may've gotten him out of the mid Icon pack, but I wouldn't exactly go out to spend 2 million coins on him. I could buy a front 3 of Neymar, Mbappé and Slabhead Maguire with that number of coins! (Unless I was spoilt with like 20 million coins in the bank...)