FIFA 20 Team of the Year Players Revealed: Lionel Messi, Virgil Van Dijk Headline FUT TOTY
The community’s votes are in and the FIFA 20 Team of the Year players are now official. As of Monday, January 6, EA’s FIFA revealed the starting XI featuring some of this past year’s top stars. That includes greats like Lionel Messi, Kevin De Bruyne, and Kylian Mbappe. FIFA 20 cover athlete Virgil Van Dijk is also amongst the 11 footballers, with one more player to arrive soon.
FIFA 20 Team of the Year players include Messi, Mbappe, Van Dijk
A YouTube video arrived on Monday as a reveal trailer for the first 11 members of FIFA 20 Team of the Year. As one might expect, the G.O.A.T. Lionel Messi made the group along with Kylian Mbappe, Kevin de Bruyne, and cover athlete Virgil Van Dijk. The FIFA 20 cover star is joined by a number of his Liverpool teammates too. They include Sadio Mane, Andrew Robertson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and goalkeeper Alisson Becker.
Here’s the official reveal trailer, with the full list of players below.
Full FIFA 20 Team of the Year:
- GK Alisson Becker
- LB Andrew Robertson
- CB1 Virgil Van Dijk
- CB2 Matthijs de Ligt
- RB Trent Alexander-Arnold
- CM Frankie De Jong
- CAM Kevin de Bruyne
- CDM N’Golo Kante
- ST Kylian Mbappe
- LW Sadio Mane
- RW Lionel Messi
So far, FIFA 20 Team of the Year player ratings and the items are being made available in the Ultimate Team mode group by group. As of 6 p.m. United Kingdom time, the first three players are available. They consist of attackers Lionel Messi (99 OVR), Mbappe (98 OVR), and Mane (97 OVR). They’ll only be available for 24 hours, so it appears as of 1 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, they won’t appear in packs.
How to vote for the 12th TOTY player
There will be one more player named for the FIFA 20 Team of the Year. As EA Sports announced on Monday, there are five nominees inside a “Player Pick” pack. Gamers can select the one player they believe is deserving of the 12th spot.
The five nominees for that final spot include Cristiano Ronaldo, Robert Lewandowski, Raheem Sterling, Hakim Ziyech, and cover star Eden Hazard as shown below. The player who gets picked by the most gamers will end up claiming the 12th spot on FIFA 20 Team of the Year. According to FUTHEAD, a lot of fans are trying to get Robert Lewandowski on there. However, it’s going to be interesting to see if he can defeat the always popular Ronaldo.
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