The highly anticipated release of EA Sports FC 25 is just around the corner, and fans are buzzing about the player ratings. If you’re wondering which English players top the charts in this year's game,

Rodri is joint-highest-rated player in the game (91/100), but his pace rating is ‘only’ 66. In real life, it probably would not make sense to drop the Spaniard for a player with a lower rating with more pace, but in FC 25, a faster player in a similar role may bring more success in a game mode like Ultimate Team.

Online play is a blocker for the premier soccer game on Steam, as FC 25 is only partly playable on Valve's handheld due to anti-cheat.

As a massive FIFA fan and regular player since it first debuted on the Sega Mega Drive in 1993, I went into last year's EA Sports FC 24 with renewed vigour. I didn't mind the name change – in fact, I embraced it as I saw it as an excuse for EA to radically move its footy game series forward.

EA Sports FC 25 is here, and the ratings of the top footballers are out, sparking heated debates across the gaming world. Fans are eager to know who reigns supreme among Spanish footballers, and this year's ratings don’t disappoint.

E A’s approach to its annual football simulator is not unlike Apple’s approach to iPhones. Time and again, the developer has gotten away with making minor upgrades to a flagsh