Following a ruling by an Argentine court, EA is forced to remove Diego Maradona from FIFA 22. With this, we lose one of the greatest icons of soccer. We’ll show you what’s behind the FUT removal.

EA Sports will be forced to remove Diego Maradona’s icon cards from FIFA due to a legal dispute. Maradona, one of soccer’s greatest legends, was available in a number of FIFA games, including FIFA 22.

Let’s take a look at what’s going on here….

Diego Maradona must be removed from FIFA 22 due to lawsuit
This story was published on Argentine news website Infobae back in November 2021. According to their report, Sattvica, the company of lawyer Matías Morla, filed a copyright claim on Maradona’s images. This objection was recognized by a judge in Argentina. Infobae goes on to say that EA had signed a contract for Maradona’s likeness with his friend and manager Stéfano Ceci… but he didn’t have permission to make that deal clear. Yep, pretty crazy stuff….

That’s exactly why EA Sports removes all Maradona items from FIFA Ultimate Team now. It’s not like he’s the only great to get kicked out….

Will I lose my Diego Maradona icon card in FIFA 22?

No, already drawn or purchased cards will not be removed. However, he will no longer be available in packs and logically he is also out of SBCs or Drafts. Also for FIFA 23 it might not look good.

Is Diego Maradona in FIFA 23?

Because in the upcoming part, FIFA 23, Diego Maradona should not be in the game either. Sure, EA can try to resolve the lawsuit and also emphasizes that they are disappointed that he is out. But such cases can drag on for some time.

FIFA 23 RELEASE – WHAT IS KNOWN SO FAR

FIFA 22 is still in full operation, but in the background the game makers of EA Sports are already working on the next part – FIFA 23 will be released in autumn 2022.
But under which name will the classic game be continued in autumn 2022? As things stand, it is not at all certain that the game will continue to bear the name of the world association FIFA. We have the most important information about FIFA 23 for you, why the game series will get a new name and on which consoles the next part of the soccer simulation will be available.

WHEN WILL FIFA 23 BE RELEASED?

We can’t give you an official launch date for the next part of the FIFA game series yet. EA hasn’t communicated much in this regard yet, so so far we can only assume that FIFA 23 will be released in the period between mid-September and early October 2022, just like its predecessors. In the past years, the latest launch date of a FIFA game was October 06.