In FIFA 18 Ultimate Team, the Ones to Watch for the winter transfers are coming. All information about the new OTW player cards and an explanation of what the “Stars in Focus” are and how you can get them is available here.
Update: These are the Ones to Watch for winter:
As early as the end of September, “Ones to Watch” cards were available in packs. These are actually called “Stars in Focus” in German, but are mostly referred to as “Ones to Watch” or OTW here.
Now, in winter 2018, EA Sports is launching new OTW cards.
This time it is the winter edition of the Ones to Watch. A selection of 23 players who are among the most promising top transfers in winter will receive dynamic special cards.
Release of the Stars in Focus – Winter Edition in Ultimate Team
Update: It is now official, yes the OTW in winter will be released on February 2nd at 7 PM!
The fact that there will be winter OTWs in FUT 18 has been officially known since January 28th. This was revealed in a tweet from EA Sports.
- The fifauteam site now assumes that the winter OTWs will likely be available in packs from February 2nd at 7 PM until February 9th at 7 PM.
As soon as there is official information, we will update the article.
Which players will receive OTW cards in winter?
So far, these new OTW players are officially known:
In total, there will be 23 new OTW cards.
Once the OTW cards are in packs, they will replace the standard cards of those players in the packs. After the OTW phase, you will no longer be able to pull them from packs, but can only purchase them on the transfer market.
Update: These are the Ones to Watch for winter:
Predictions for the OTW
In addition to Sanchez, Mkhitaryan, and Coutinho, 20 other players will receive OTW cards. Which ones those are, we will learn in the future. In the meantime, here are predictions from fifauteam – a forecast of which other footballers might get OTW cards:
Defenders
- CB: Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool)
- CB: Lisandro López (Inter)
- CB: Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund)
- LB: Terence Kongolo (Huddersfield Town)
- LB: Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax)
Midfielders
- CDM: Yann M’Vila (AS Saint-Étienne)
- CDM: Francis Coquelin (Valencia CF)
- CDM: Soualiho Meïté (FC Girondins de Bordeaux)
- CM: Vincent Koziello (1. FC Köln)
- CM: João Mário (West Ham United)
- CM: Rafinha (Inter)
- CAM: Ross Barkley (Chelsea)
- RM: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Arsenal)
- RM: Theo Walcott (Everton)
- LM: Vitolo (Atlético Madrid)
- LW: Alexis Sánchez (Manchester United)
- LW: Coutinho (FC Barcelona)
- LW: Marko Pjaca (FC Schalke 04)
Forwards
- ST: Diego Costa (Atlético Madrid)
- ST: Luciano Vietto (Valencia CF)
- ST: Cenk Tosun (Everton)
- ST: Jürgen Locadia (Brighton & Hove Albion)
What are the Ones to Watch in FUT 18? How do the upgrades work? OTW explanation
The special thing about the OTW cards: They are dynamic cards. Every time an OTW player receives a TOTW card or another special card (like MOTM, Hero, etc.), that player’s OTW card is automatically adjusted to that card and will consistently stay at the higher rating.
In other words: The better a player performs in real football (and thus receives a special card from EA Sports), the better your OTW card will become throughout the season. There is then a form boost that corresponds to the latest values.
Important: The OTW cards will not be upgraded by those special cards that grant extreme stat boosts, such as TOTY or TOTS.
The position on the OTW player card always remains the same, even if the position on a new TOTW card differs.
