Currently, FIFA 20 is flooding social media with beta leaks. Particularly interesting are images showing Messi and Ronaldo as managers in the career mode. Meanwhile, EA actually does not want these beta images to spread.
Where do the leaks come from? A few days ago, the closed beta of FIFA 20 started. Only a select few are allowed to participate in this testing phase, coming from the USA or the UK. The beta is not available in Germany.
Nevertheless, we have something from the beta here as well. Because although EA Sports explicitly prohibits the publication of beta footage, reddit and Twitter are currently overflowing with leaks.
Just a few hours later, the badge of Piemonte Calcio was leaked, and in the last few days, some more revelations have come to light. We present the most exciting leaks.
Update: Here you can find the ratings of Piemonte Calcio in FIFA 20.
From Player to Manager – Possible in FIFA 20 Career Mode?
This is the leak: The current hot topic on reddit is a leak regarding career mode. Apparently, it is possible for players to pursue a managerial career at the end of their playing career.
Here you see Messi as the new manager of Newcastle:
Here you see Cristiano Ronaldo as the new boss of Sampdoria Genoa:
How does Messi become a manager? Unfortunately, the leaker on reddit provides no further information about the leak. He only states that players can become managers in the FIFA 20 career.
According to a Twitter user, this is possible when the corresponding player – in this case, Messi or Ronaldo – retires.
In player career, one can choose between a real player or a created player. Then, when this player retires, one can continue with him as a manager.
Is the leak credible? Consider that this is only a leak that has not been officially confirmed. Some on reddit speculate that it might be possible to import faces and use them for the manager.
The manager customization is one of the major new features in FIFA 20 career mode.
Therefore, some users suspect that it could be a fake. The name “Messi” is quickly typed, and with face import, the Messi-manager could be created quickly.
However, for a face import, the graphics quality would be surprisingly good, which is why most users believe in the authenticity of the leak. Especially since there are further beta leaks regarding Ronaldo as a manager, like this one:
And this video on Twitter is supposed to show how Ronaldo becomes a manager:
And Zlatan Ibrahimovic can apparently also become a manager, as you can see in this tweet image series:
More Leaks About FIFA 20 Beta
Leaks about Career: More leaks about the career mode primarily show the manager customization – and that there are indeed quite significant freedoms in how one can design their manager:
Leak about Ultimate Team: Here you see the design of the new Inform cards:
And here we embed a video of a walkout:
What are walkouts? Walkouts are particularly strong players in FIFA 20 FUT that you can draw from a pack. For the best players, an elaborate animation is triggered during the “pack opening”, where the player runs out from behind the card, jumps in from the side, or does a cool move like Isco here. Since not only the player card is visible during the set opening but also the player runs into the picture, we speak of a “walkout”.
Here you can find out how to recognize walkouts in FIFA 20 quickly.
In this video, you can see the pack opening animations compared between “Standard Card”, “Rare Card” and “Walkout”:
In the comments, many users consider these animations to be exaggerated. On one hand, they are too long, on the other, too flashy. One user writes that he does not want to see an entire movie when opening packs. The animations can be skipped, but they are still considered “exaggerated”.
Volta Leak: Some goals have been leaked for the Volta mode that one can achieve, such as “Win a Volta Match” or “Recruit a Player”.
Jersey of Piemonte Calcio: This is said to be the jersey of Piemonte Calcio – the “Juventus-Turin replacement” in FIFA 20:
Finally, we embed a few game faces that you can find in the tweets from the Twitter account “FIFA 20 Beta Leaks”:
Player faces from Manchester United:
Player faces from Manchester City:
And here are some from Schalke 04:
And here are a few Liverpool players:
Finally, a few players from FC Arsenal:
At this point, a reminder that all information in this article consists of unconfirmed leaks. Some leaks have already been taken offline, so it is possible that not all tweets will be present in this article in the next hours or days.
If you’re wondering when you can finally play FIFA 20 yourself before release – here are the answers:
