An expert explains why one of the best strikers in the world is underrated as an icon

One of the biggest content creators in the EA FC universe has given his opinion on the new icons in EA Sports FC 25. He has a problem with the ratings. He finds one of the former best wingers in particular too weak device.

What kind of expert is this? The expert is Simon Schildgen, who is probably better known to most as “GamerBrother”. The content creator has been producing new videos about EA FC, formerly FIFA, every week for more than 10 years. He also regularly comments on the most current topics in the respective parts of the series.

In one of his videos on his stream highlight channel, he commented on the new ratings in FC 25. He considers the rating of some icons to be questionable.

You can read everything important about the new ratings on my MeinMMO: EA FC 25 Ratings: Release, Leaks and Predictions at a glance

GamerBrother finds an 88 for Bale as an icon too weak

GamerBrother has noticed that EA has been negligent in rating icons in recent years. For example, he doesn’t think it makes sense that some of the more modern icons get relatively low ratings compared to other older legends.

As the most recent example, he looks at the rating of Gareth Bale’s new card, which has been confirmed as one of 8 new icons in FC 25. After retiring in 2022 and his last card in Ultimate Team from FIFA 23, Bale is now returning. EA has given his card an 88 rating.

In the following box we have introduced Gareth Bale to you in more detail. If you would like to find out more about him, just click on the box:

Why is Bale too weak as an icon? In order to problematize Bale’s low rating, GamerBrother uses the card of Brazilian legend Ronaldo as a comparison, who is ranked second among the best icons with a rating of 94. Although this card lived up to this rating at the peak of his career, he also had many not so good years due to serious injuries.

The same would apply to Bale, who was one of the best wingers ever in his prime. In Bale’s case, however, EA apparently focused more on the poorer seasons with injury-related breaks.

He considers Bale’s rating to be “rolled” and would give him at least a 90 rating for his entire career.

You can view the entire statement with even more examples and explanations here:

This is even more true for Bayern legend Franck Ribéry, who has shown strong performances at national and international level for over a decade. The Frenchman also only received an 88 as a new icon in FC 24. GamerBrother does not understand exactly what standards apply to the evaluation of the icons.

We also discovered some ratings among the top 50 players in FC 25 that raise some eyebrows:

Leaks show the 50 best players in FC 25: 5 ratings make no sense

By the way, if you compare the ratings of all gold cards during Bale’s active time in FIFA, an 88 rating seems appropriate at first glance. Only in FIFA 17 and 18 was the rating higher than the 88 points of his current icon card, with a rating of 90 and 89 respectively. But it is not only Bale’s card that is the subject of controversy: FC 25: A player was one of the best cards in Ultimate Team for 8 years, now returns – fans think the super dribbler’s rating is a joke