Diego Maradona removed from FIFA 22 as EA Sports release statement regarding FUT Icon

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EA Sports has confirmed that football icon Diego Maradona has been removed from FIFA 22 Ultimate Team.

The Argentine football icon, who sadly died aged 60 in November 2020, featured in the FIFA 22 Ultimate Team game mode as a FUT Icon, with four separate Icon player items that represent Maradona at different stages of his career. As you would expect, Maradona's player items are some of the most powerful in the entire game mode, with his lowest-rated Base Icon FUT player item rated at 91 out of 99, whilst his FUT Icon Moments item is rated at 98 out of 99.

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FIFA 22 players were able to obtain these items in FUT packs, FUT drafts and by purchasing the items via the Ultimate Team's in-game transfer market, with all four of Maradona's FUT Icon player items worth more in excess of 1.5 million coins at time of writing on all platforms.

Maradona was first included on the FIFA Ultimate Team game mode on EA Sports' FIFA 18, with the Argentine featuring as a new FUT Icon along