Hazard & Van Dijk revealed as FIFA 20 cover stars

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The Real Madrid star and Liverpool defender will don the front of the new game, with the player for the Ultimate Edition version to be announced soon

Eden Hazard and Virgil van Dijk have been chosen as the cover stars for FIFA 20, EA Sports have confirmed.

The Real Madrid star, who joined the Liga giants from Chelsea this summer, has been announced as the face of the standard version, while Champions League winner Van Dijk will be the cover for the champions edition.

Speaking of the honour of becoming the latest cover star for the new game, Hazard said: "FIFA is the biggest football game on the planet, and I have been playing it for years against my brothers.

"I am lucky to have been on the cover before but to be on FIFA 20 globally is amazing and I hope to excite as many gamers as I do when I take the field for Real Madrid this season!"

Van Dijk added: "It is a huge honour for me to be on the cover of FIFA 20.

"I've been playing FIFA for as long as I can remember and so it's an extremely proud moment for me to be representing Liverpool FC on the cover of such an iconic game."

The duo replace Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo on the cover of the title, with the Portuguese having been the face of the game for both the 2018 and 2019 versions.

He was, however, replaced on the cover by a trio of Manchester City star Kevin De Bruyne, Paris Saint-Germain forwardÂ Neymar and Ronaldo's Juve team-mate Paulo Dybala at the beginning of 2019.

The very first FIFA cover, for the FIFA International Soccer game released in 1993, featured former Arsenal and England midfielder David Platt alongside Poland international Piotr Swierczewski.

Dortmund star Marco Reus was selected as the cover star for FIFA 17 following an online vote, while Van Dijk's inclusionÂ isn't the first time a Liverpool player has featured, with Jordan Henderson starring alongside Lionel Messi in 2016.

The reveal of Hazard and Van Dijk follows the announcement of Volta in FIFA 20, a game mode similar to FIFA street in previous versions of the game thatÂ enablesÂ players to play small-sided matches.

#FIFA20 Cover Stars revealed!âš½ Standard Edition: @hazardeden10 âš½ Champions Edition: @VirgilvDijk âš½ Ultimate Edition: Coming Soon ðŸ‘€Pre Order -> https://t.co/kNhJMf0Pmv pic.twitter.com/JteUkBH4e7

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2019-07-26 18:00:04

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