EA Sports FC 25 will reintroduce Diego Maradona three years after legal dispute The late Diego Maradona will soon be added to EA Sports FC 25, nearly three years after he was removed from FIFA 22.
EA hasn’t provided any further specifics though, only posting an image of Maradona alongside the EA Sports FC 25 logo and a date to announce his return.
Per a report by The Associated Press, a company owned by Maradona’s lawyer named Sattvica tried to claim ownership of the Maradona trademark, but an attempt at a transferal was cancelled by Maradona’s heirs and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which said the company hadn’t provided sufficient documentation.
The company recently admitted that EA Sports FC 25 hasn’t been performing as well as hoped though EA CEO Andrew Wilson is confident things will pick up later in the year.
At the time, all EA said was this was due to a ‘third-party legal dispute,’ though it was believed EA had failed to properly secure the rights to the late Maradona’s likeness.
