Somewhere in Spain, Cristiano Ronaldo must be seething. For most of his career he has fought an almost-personal battle with arch nemesis Lionel Messi for the right to be called the best player in world football, and this year it appeared as though he had finally achieved that mantle following his Ballon d'Or win. Voted as the world's best player only eight months ago, EA must have missed THAT particular memo because they've only gone and made Messi the highest-rated player on FIFA 15. There's a degree of controversy surrounding this decision - The Argentinean is after all the game's cover star and you can't help but wonder if that factored into the decision making. After all, EA certainly couldn't have arrived at this decision based off the duo's respective performances in 2013-14, for Ronaldo scored 35 La Liga goals to Messi's 28, and if I were CR7, I'd feel somewhat miffed that I'd been done over in the ratings by someone I just outscored. EA have a lot to answer for in regards to their player ratings, but we don't envisage we'll be getting any answers any time soon. What ratings do you think EA got wrong on FIFA 15? Let us know in the comments thread, below.
Joseph is an accredited football journalist and has interviewed nearly all of the current 20 Barclay's Premier League managers. He is also a correspondent for Bleacher Report and has written for Caught Offside and Give Me Football.
