PFA Player of the year Virgil Van Dijk and Real Madrid latest signee Eden Hazard has been revealed as FIFA 20 cover replacing Cristiano Ronaldo who has been the face of the game for both the 2018 and 2019 versions.
Champions League winner Van Dijk, as well as Hazard who joined the Liga giants from Chelsea this summer, will be on the cover of 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 very first FIFA cover, for the FIFA International Soccer game released in 1993, featured former Arsenal and England midfielder David Platt alongside ex-Poland international Piotr Swierczewski. Dortmund star Marco Reus was selected as the cover star for FIFA 17 following an online vote, while Lionel Messi featured on the front of four covers in a row from FIFA 13 through to FIFA 16.
Van Dijk's inclusion isn't the first time a Liverpool player has featured, meanwhile, with club captain Jordan Henderson starring alongside Messi in the 2016 version. 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 that enables players to play small-sided matches.
FIFA 20 will be available to play on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC and the standard edition of the game is due to be released on September 27.
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