EA Sports removes Ronaldo’s image from its FIFA19 social media; Juventus shares lose 10% of its value

Promotional images of Cristiano Ronaldo have been taken down by EA as it monitors recent rape allegations against the FIFA 19 cover star.

Everyone’s seen this year’s Ronaldo FIFA image; the footballer sports his new Juventus kit in front of a bright blue background. It’s what players greeted with as they start up the game, and it was what you saw whenever you visited FIFA social media accounts.

A number of EA channels had it plastered as headers, in Tweets, and pretty much everywhere. But if you look for it now? It can’t be found – anywhere.

This doesn’t mean EA believe the former Real Madrid star is guilty, but it does suggest the company is trying to distance itself from the situation – even if a spokesperson explained that they regularly update images for marketing purposes.

EA told EuroGamer that it’s ‘closely monitoring’ the allegations found within a ‘concerning’ German report, which highlights an alleged incident from 2009.

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