It's been a controversial few months for Ronaldo, however. 'We often celebrate different talent across our sports games, and with the UEFA Champions League knockout stages underway we are featuring some of the biggest stars in football and bringing new players a range of content to get excited about.' 'With the UEFA Champions League coming to EA Sports FIFA 19 this year, we have a unique opportunity to offer a range of new content to players that reflects the real-world excitement of football,' reads the statement. An EA spokesperson issued Eurogamer a statement the refresh was linked to the Champions League, although it's worth pointing out Ronaldo is still very much a part of this season's tournament and plays for one of the favourites. It's a curious decision to trigger a full in-game rebrand of FIFA 19, removing Ronaldo completely from promotional material. Going into the game itself, EA has updated the log-in page and the main menu to scrub Ronaldo from its virtual innards, replacing him with images of the aforementioned trio as well as US women's soccer star Alex Morgan.

Now, five months after FIFA 19 came out, EA has decided to give the game a new cover, and has replaced Ronaldo with fellow Juventus forward Paulo Dybala, Brazil star Neymar and Manchester City's midfield maestro Kevin de Bruyne. The Juventus and Portugal star was the main man when it came to FIFA 19, appearing on the front of the box and in the game's main menus. FIFA 19 has a new cover, and previous cover star Cristiano Ronaldo has been dropped.

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