Kyogo Furuhashi and many of his Celtic teammates received exclusive copies of the popular video game - EA Sports FC (known to most as FIFA) on Friday.
The striker was certainly in no mood to discuss his rating which was attached on the front cover though, with exclusive footage from Celtic TV showing the Japanese star to literally do a runner as soon as he was handed the game.
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Captain Callum McGregor, Greg Taylor, Auston Trusty, Paulo Bernardo, Arne Engels, Liam Scales, Adam Idah and Luke McCowan were among the others to be captured.
Some appeared to be pleased with how the developers rated them, while others expressed their shock that their stats weren’t higher.
McCowan, a Deadline Day signing from Dundee, on the other end expressed gratitude that he’d been upgraded from a bronze card this time around.
McGregor done the opposite of Kyogo and even kept Taylor beside him to dissect how they’ve fared in this year’s edition.
“That’s a good card mate,” Taylor replies after seeing the 79 overall gold verdict.
He got given 79 for pace, 74 for shooting, 77 for passing, 80 for dribbling, while his defensive stats merited 71 and physicality was deemed worthy of 78.
Celtic daft rapper Bemz was the host and he even questioned why the skipper’s shot attributes didn’t match his real life exploits.
He commented: “That’s harsh. I think the shooting should be better.”
Which McGregor chimed back in and said: “Well, they’ve not seen me this season, have they? I’ve scored three bangers already.”
You can watch the full video of the player’s unboxing their EA Sports FC gifts HERE!
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Curious? Here’s how the entire first team squad score.
80 – Kasper Schmeichel
79 – Callum McGregor
77 – Kyogo Furuhashi
77 – Cameron Carter-Vickers
75 – Alistair Johnston
74 – Greg Taylor
74 – James Forrest
74 – Luis Palma
74 – Daizen Maeda
73 – Liam Scales
73 – Adam Idah
73 – Nicolas Kuhn
72 – Arne Engels
72 – Paulo Bernardo
71 – Anthony Ralston
70 – Maik Nawrocki
69 – Luke McCowan
69 – Yang Hyun-jun
68 – Stephen Welsh
68 – Alex Valle
66 – Viljami Sinisalo
65 – Liam Shaw
64 – Odin Thiago Holm
63 – Adam Montgomery
