The highly anticipated release of EA Sports FC 25 is just around the corner, and fans are buzzing about the player ratings. If you’re wondering which English players top the charts in this year's game,

The Power Surge evolution grants one chosen player a decent boost to their speed and dribbling in EA Sports FC 25.

Rodri is joint-highest-rated player in the game (91/100), but his pace rating is ‘only’ 66. In real life, it probably would not make sense to drop the Spaniard for a player with a lower rating with more pace, but in FC 25, a faster player in a similar role may bring more success in a game mode like Ultimate Team.

Online play is a blocker for the premier soccer game on Steam, as FC 25 is only partly playable on Valve's handheld due to anti-cheat.

As a massive FIFA fan and regular player since it first debuted on the Sega Mega Drive in 1993, I went into last year's EA Sports FC 24 with renewed vigour. I didn't mind the name change – in fact, I embraced it as I saw it as an excuse for EA to radically move its footy game series forward.

EA Sports FC 25 is here, and the ratings of the top footballers are out, sparking heated debates across the gaming world. Fans are eager to know who reigns supreme among Spanish footballers, and this year's ratings don’t disappoint.

If you want to compete in EA Sports FC 25, you’ll want to have the best players you can get at every position. Of course, if you’re playing in Ultimate Team, things change quickly when Electronic Arts drops new promo teams.

There are eight five-star teams to manage in EA Sports FC 25 career mode. This is a ranking based on how fun they are to play.