Player Review
87 - Out Of Position SBC
The first time I saw this card I thought it was kinda overpriced, but over time it turned out to be overpowered.
Now, after the shadow patch, using this card is pure pleasure.
Maybe Shakira's hips don't lie (Pique continues to cry), but the stats on this card sure do.
I played this card with hunter chemistry style to max out the pace to 99/99 (i'm disgusting sure a pace merchant) as a right striker in 5-2-1-2 formation (yea, i know), paired with Kewell WC as left striker and Ginola as CAM, behind them. And, believe me or not, Fati moves like an brand new Aventador, because his acceleration with highly rated positioning keeps him in the perfect spot, especially when you are passing to him with L1 + triangle (which is OP as every year).
The passes on the card are not phenomenal, but enough for a little tiki-taka. Short passing is good and long passing doesn't matter, because you are trying to make as many through ball passes as possible, but Fati should be the target of them.
Even though the card only has 87 balance, Fati spins around like a Beyblade and makes opposing defenders look like fools. This is probably due to the agility and unique body type on the card (similar to Ronaldinho, for example, who also has relatively low balance, but... moves like Jagger).
He is soooo clinical with his shooting, but man, he has 99 finishing with hunter chem, so what would you expect?
Looking at 56 strength, you can imagine a little sparrow that is moved even by a slight gust of wind. Nothing more wrong, Fati is a sparrow on drugs and steroids. Thanks to his unique body type, he is not often outbodied by defenders, he usually glitches through them and leaves them behind. What is surprising, he can jump and score the headers in proper situations. For sure, he is not physicall striker, he won't bully Van Dijks or Koulibalys, but he feels much stronger than Insigne/Messi-type players, has like Mbappe/Eto'o feeling while on the ball.
Additionally, this card plays like it has been enchanted - I mean brief moments of magic when Fati does mesmerizing plays like heel shots, sometimes even if you don't trigger it.
For me, as 3rd DR div, ~11 WL wins he is gamechanger and from trio Kewell/Fati/Ginola I'm considering Ansu the most fun to play with.
The card is a lot of fun to play, has 4/4, usefull H/M workratios. Is its price high? Undoubtedly, you will freeze a lot of fodder and there will probably be a plenty of alternatives soon. But the card is definitely not overpriced. A must have for Barcelona fans - do it or you'll regret it later. For the rest, still a very decent card to have, looks better in game than stats on the card says.
acceleration and sprint speed combined with positioning
unique body type making card very agile
short passing
links
strength (sometimes)
price (but i don't think value is that awful)
cheaper alternatives