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EA Sports to remove Ronaldinho’s avatar from video game due to court setbacks


Ronaldinho’s avatar should disappear from the FIFA 20 video game – LLUIS GENE / AFP

A more than likely consequence of his recent legal setbacks, Ronaldinho could see his virtual double disappear from the video game FIFA 20. Indeed, according to the Argentinian newspaper Olé, the American firm EA Sports would no longer wish to associate its image with that of the Brazilian, under house arrest in Paraguay after a stay in prison in connection with a case of false passports.

This is not the first time that the company has sanctioned the actions or words of a footballer in its game. Recently, Marco Van Basten saw his avatar disappear from the screen after his skidding live on Fox Sports Netherlands when, to make fun of the German accent of one of his colleagues, he released “Sieg Heil! (With reference to the Nazi salute) on the set. Cristiano Ronaldo had meanwhile disappeared from the cover of the game FIFA 19 after the rape accusations brought against him in the United States.

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