Thiago Silva laughs off his rating in EAFC 24… as Chelsea’s Brazilian defender jokes ‘they’re watching football with their eyes closed’ when he’s shown his new card
- Thiago Silva has laughed off his rating on EA Sports FC for the upcoming game
- His rating has dropped and he joked that the developers don’t want football
- Chelsea have seen a wave of poor ratings after their twelfth-place finish last season
Thiago Silva couldn’t resist making a jibe at EAFC 24’s expense after they gave him a rating he disagreed with for their upcoming game.
The Chelsea defender joked that the developers should ‘watch football with their eyes closed’ when told about his rating, which has fallen.
EAFC, the successor to the FIFA game series, will be released on September 29 and EA will announce several player ratings.
Silva has been given a rating of 84, down two, putting him on par with Reece James and just two behind Chelsea’s top-rated star, Christopher Nkunku.
“They don’t watch football, they watch the games like this (with their eyes closed),” he said, covering his eyes with a video on the Premier League YouTube channel.
Thiago Silva laughed at his EAFC 24 rating and joked that the developers should watch football with their eyes closed!
The Brazilian defender was rated 84, down two from FIFA 23 and comparable to Reece James
When asked if he would change the individual attribute ratings he was given, he said: “Not really.
‘I think I can obviously improve offensively, because I didn’t score a single goal last year.
“This year I think I can improve my offense because I’m good defensively.”
Reviews from several players have apparently been leaked ahead of release. It looks like Cristiano Ronaldo is at 86 for his lowest rating in 16 years, while Lionel Messi will go into the game as one of the best in the world with a rating of 90.
The match announced the Chelsea ratings ahead of the new season on Wednesday – and summer signing Christopher Nkunku leads the way with an 86-rated card
Raheem Sterling, who was dropped by England, has been reduced from 86 overall to 83
Cole Palmer will only have a silver card with a 66 rating despite his £42m summer move to the Blues
EA Sports officially announced the ratings for Chelsea players and the club has seen some poor ratings following their 12th-place finish in the Premier League last season.
Raheem Sterling has been downgraded from 86 to 83. Only he, Nkunku, Silva, James, Enzo Fernandez, Ben Chilwell and Moises Caicedo have ratings above 80.
High-priced signings Romeo Lavia and Cole Palmer are stuck with silver cards, the former with a rating of 73 and the latter with a 66.