Being named club captain isn't the only good news for Jordan Henderson today, as Liverpool Football Club's official Twitter account has broken the story that he's also been voted as FIFA 16's cover star. The 25-year-old will join regular Lionel Messi on the game's box in the UK.
The midfielder beat out Manchester City's Aguero, Chelsea's Courtois, and Tottenham Hotspur's Kane to earn victory in the public vote - not bad for such stiff competition. That said, the cover itself looks just about as daft as ever, with both players appearing more than a bit out of place and incorrectly proportioned. Can't win 'em all, we suppose.
[source twitter.com]
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Henderson won WOW
Should have been Raheem Sterling, but he probably told EA he was too sick for the photoshoot.
@get2sammyb Winning comment.
I won't buy fifa again till Leo is off the cover. No more Messi!
Not bad for a water carrier.
I bumped into Henderson in Costco Saturday just gone. He was buying nappies. Didn't even realise it was him until he'd moved onto the next aisle. Madness. Well done gel head.
@get2sammyb Sterling would of asked for double the money, gone on holiday to the Bahamas and be smoking sheesha on the front cover. The guy is the biggest money grabber and the stand out reason that footballers have their head in the clouds.
Messi and [drum roll please]............ Henderson?! Da fuq? This seems an odd choice to me, though was probably a cheap one for EA...
@get2sammyb lol. Didn't recognise you there with your new profile pic...
liverpool?
I don't judge a book by it's cover, but I'm spamming @EASportsFIFA with hints to get one of the #Lionesses on the cover too (Australia got one of the @Matildas on their FIFA16 cover along side two other male players) so if they've got room for 3 I'm hoping EA consider it.
We've had to have Rooney (massively overrated, he's a good player not the messiah he's made out to be), Wilshire (a fashion accessory, not a footballer) and others on the cover yet they're forgotten as it's a Liverpool player so Blues, Mancs and Chelsea fans have to moan. Next year when a different player is on the cover people will moan again. You'd swear EA had told people they've killed their pet the way Twitter has reacted. It was him or Harry Kane, and nobody wants to see his gurning excuse of a smile on the cover of their box. Don't like who's on the cover? Do what you've always done, not give a damn or turn the cover.
@FantasyMeister Faye Williams should've been on the cover. She was sublime for England in the World Cup. To be honest, it's a joke that it's taken this long to put the women's game in FIFA. Don't expect a woman on an English cover for around a decade. Especially when far too many people still ridicule it.
@Bad-MuthaAdebisi Half of Manchester? Why? Is there suddenly only a handful of people in Manchester? The three United-supporting people are hardly half of the 505,000 in the city.
Not just a Liverpool player but a rubbish one at that
@tjames84 If you honest to God think he's rubbish then you need to take off your club loyalty hat. He's by no means rubbish. I don't like Ashley Cole, think he's a massive waste of space and a disgrace as a person, never mind a footballer. But he's a great player when he performs. Difference between having on the club loyalty hat and not.
Harry kane looks like a young bruce Forsyth . EA sports good game, good game.
Yup, I'm definitely from NA, I don't know anything about fifa or the people talked about on here lol I guess fifa games are the big game in Europe just like Madden is in the states and EA's NHL is in Canada
Henderson over Aguero? Lol
@itshoggie are you for real? Are you seriously suggesting fifa should have TWO Argentines on the front cover. That would be biased and foolish on EA's behalf. How often do you play against an "argie" on ps4? Ridiculous comment .
Henderson is on the cover because Liverpool have a history and fanbase that DESTROYS man citys. How many times have Mancity won the European cup? Nobody outside of the UK knew who mancity where until sheik mohaammed abdulaah the fourteenth splashed his million$.
@Davros79 it should be who's the better player not who was the better team, Liverpool might have more European cups than any other English team but that doesn't make them better than anyone else there still a mid table team now and have been for a long time
It wouldn't be biased or foolish considering its a public vote and not EA's choice? You hardly think Messi was selected 'case he plays for Barca? No it's cause he's the best player in the world same way Aguero is the best player out of the selection giving by EA
@itshoggie yes but having TWO argies on the front of fifa 16 makes no sense. Henderson was the publics choice get over it. Nobody complaind when certified racist and adultery loving john terry fronted fifa 08.
@Davros79 get over it? I couldn't care less about it. It's just a joke that Henderson got picked over Aguero
Speaking of FIFA anybody wanna gift me a financial take over on ps4?
I'm presuming there were a lot of ironic votes for henderson. That or he's got a big family. Still, good to see an Englishman on the cover (non man Utd). Anyways PES have neymar and I think it will walk all over fifa again, as last year.
For some reason it really annoys me how the "official licensed product" stamp is offsetting the FIFA 16 title. Also I'm pretty sure that everyone knows FIFA is associated with FIFA.
@Matroska Fifa loves stamping its authority everywhere, which is ironic considering its meant to be a charitable organization.
I long for the days of swos and pes 2-6 were ruud gullit and collina (the ref) were on the cover. Those were 2 real people with character.
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