Erling Haaland Revealed As Main Cover Star For EA Sports' FC 24 Video Game

Manchester City and Norway striker Erling Haaland will be the main cover star on EA Sports' new FC 24 video game.

Haaland announced that he had been chosen as the face of FC 24 on Thursday.

Alongside an image of himself on the game's front cover, Haaland tweeted: "Every footballer dreams of this. Proud to be on the cover for the first season of a new era @EASPORTSFC #FC24".

Seven minutes later, EA Sports tweeted: "He's in the club. Erling Haaland is the EA SPORTS #FC24 Standard Edition Cover Star."

Haaland's announcement came just days after EA revealed an image of the cover for the Ultimate Edition version of FC 24.

The Ultimate Edition cover will feature 31 players, including Haaland.

FC 24 will be the first soccer simulation published by EA since its partnership with FIFA came to an end after the two parties failed to reach an agreement over rights.

EA Sports had published at least one FIFA-branded game every year since releasing FIFA 1995 in November 1994.

But that run ended with FIFA 23.

FC 24 is set to hit the shelves in September.

QUIZ: How Many Of The 31 Players On The FC 24 Ultimate Edition Cover Can You Name?

Erling Haaland pictured on the front cover of EA Sports' FC 24 video game

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