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EA Sports' latest edition of FIFA - FIFA 20 - will hit stores later this year. While an official release date has not yet been announced, it is widely believed to be around late September, which is when previous editions of the game were released.
LaLiga players have dominated past editions of FIFA, with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo sharing the honours for the highest rated player in the past decade.
While Ronaldo no longer features in the Spanish league, there is still considerable talent to watch out for.
On that note, here, we try to predict the top five LaLiga players in FIFA 20 along with their overall ratings:
#5 Luka Modric - 90
Luka Modric has had an extremely disappointing season by his lofty standards. After carrying Madrid to their third successive Champions League triumph and also leading Croatia to the World Cup final, many expected Modric to go one step further and raise his level of play a notch.
However, that did not transpire and the Croatian struggled to come to terms with life under a bunch of new managers at the club.
Now that Zinedine Zidane is back though, Modric might regain some of the form he showed in the early stages of last year, but it remains to be seen whether he stays at the club beyond this season.
Modric was among the top five players in FIFA 19, rated at 91, but he is expected to slide down a few rungs on the back of a far-from-stellar season.
While he could still be given a rating of 90 by EA in FIFA 20, that would just about help him make the top 5 in LaLiga. A steep fall indeed.
#4 Marc-Andre ter Stegen - 90
Marc-Andre ter Stegen's performances have been swept under the carpet this season, overshadowed by the brilliance of Barcelona's attacking trio.
However, he has remained just as integral to their fortunes as the likes of Luis Suarez and co.
Ter Stegen has made a total of 83 saves this season, averaging over 2.5 per game and is on course to beat his previous season's numbers.
A great shot-stopper, the German was rated 89 last year and could see a slight increase in FIFA 20, moving to 90.
#3 Luis Suarez - 91
Luis Suarez has taken quite some stick from the Barcelona fans for not living up to expectations. This, despite the fact that he has scored 20 goals in LaLiga this season.
Suarez has obviously been overshadowed by the brilliance of Messi, but the Uruguayan has had a few memorable moments himself, including scoring a fabulous curling strike against Atletico Madrid to all but seal the title for the Catalans last week.
Suarez's pace has gone down a touch, but his dribbling and finishing abilities remain world-class and that's why he is expected to retain a rating of 91 in FIFA 20.
#2 Jan Oblak - 91
At one point in time this campaign, Jan Oblak had more clean sheets than goals conceded when taking into account his numbers since the 2014/15 season.
That goes to show his unbelievable abilities between the sticks. Oblak has slowly but surely usurped the likes of Manuel Neuer and David de Gea to truly be considered the best goalkeeper in the world at the moment.
Oblak has kept 17 clean sheets this season for Atletico in LaLiga and has been a major reason why they have been able to keep pace with Barcelona at the top.
Rated 90 in FIFA 19, EA could easily give him a boost of at least 1 point which would place him at the second spot on this list.
#1 Lionel Messi - 94
Who else could it be? Lionel Messi continues to dazzle fans with his magical left foot week-in-week-out. Messi was rated 94 in FIFA 19, sharing the top spot with Cristiano Ronaldo.
After another spectacular season in which he has propelled Barcelona to the Champions League quarterfinals, the Copa del Rey final and the summit of LaLiga, Messi is likely to retain his 94 rating in FIFA 20.
This would comfortably make him the highest-rated player not only in LaLiga, but the entire game.
