ICELAND WILL NOT feature in the latest Fifa video game due to a financial row between the Euro 2016 quarter-finalists and American game manufacturers Electronic Arts.
The Icelandic Football Association (KSI) has accused EA of showing them a lack of respect in their monetary offer to the European minnows.
“We don’t accept bad treatment. They offered under two million Icelandic crowns (€15,500 euros). We made them a counter offer, which they did not accept,” KSI president Geir Thorsteinsson told AFP.
The Fifa video games are hugely popular with the latest version — FIFA 17 — due for release on 29 September in Ireland.
Thorsteinsson believes EA will have a change of heart.
“I expect they might well get in touch next year. I think hundreds of millions play this game. Iceland is a cult team so it would get even more attention,” he added.
“It is often the smaller teams with interesting players that get popular in this game.”
Iceland provided one of the biggest shocks in European Championship history in France in June when they beat England 2-1 to reach the tournament quarter-finals, before going down 5-2 to the hosts.
The team’s distinctive clapping celebration with their fans earned cult status during the Euros and was even adopted by France on their journey to the final.
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Nope I’m sorry but Ray Ridge aka Aidan Farrell has declared you useless so you may as well pack your bags because he is the all knowing all seeing authority on everything. Don’t be using the fact you had to come back from a potential career ending injury after arriving as an excuse. Or the fact it takes time to adapt to the style and system. You should just be world class immediately. Look at kolisi how he adapted so well in France and Kitchoff in Ulster. Both hit the ground running.
@anthony davoren: nothing about world class dropping every ball that comes near him. Unfortunately I have to agree with him this time he’s been a very poor signing.
Just don’t see it in him???? Where’s the compensation for his size and weight???? Easily stopped and not a lot of imagination in his play so??? I can’t see it.