More Bale rejoicing!

[guiltyparty]

Just curious, if anyone know how these things work. Is it just free advertising for us, UA and HP when Bale is plastered all over Times Square and video game boxes? Surely that's too good to be true, don't we have to pay something for all that advertising? If not, then it's certainly true that his value is even more than his already huge value as a footballer.

Companies pay big money to be associated with successful performers in any field as it adds legitimacy and star quality. EA wants people to think FIFA is as close to real football as possible - and what better way than to get real footballers in it and to use them to promote it?

EA and NBC will have had to pay Bale and Spurs. Hence Bale's fame and success broadens Spurs' in turn. Not HP I would suspect, they'd treat it as free advertising and one of the many factors they'd have considered when sponsoring us

This is the reason real stadiums are only being introduced into FIFA season by season. EA will have had to pay Spurs to put White Hart Lane into FIFA

 

[Bobbins]

http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/07/15/fifa-14-uk-cover-star-is-gareth-bale

There's a Gooner down in the comments of that article trying to argue that Walcott is better than Bale...

 

[Banny]

Actually punched the air at work today when I saw this on twitter! Go on the lad!!

 

[Armstrong_11]

Seems to be only for the UK limited editions...

not worldwide. Darn it

US ones will have Hernandez... Not too sure what we will get in Asia.

 

[JerryGarcia]

There's a Gooner down in the comments of that article trying to argue that Walcott is better than Bale...

Christ on a bike

 

[Spurger King]

Obviously I'd like him to stay as long as possible, but one more season would be fantastic. After that, I'll wish him well should he decide to leave. He's been with us longer than Lineker, Waddle, or Gazza were, and to stay with us when he's become recognised as one of the two great European footballers of his generation is incredible.

 

[guiltyparty]

Seems to be only for the UK limited editions...

not worldwide. Darn it

US ones will have Hernandez... Not too sure what we will get in Asia.

UK, Ireland and Middle East

Hernandez in North America, for obvious reasons

 

[spurs-r-us]

Oxlade-Chamberlain was on the FIFA 13 cover, how much does this really mean

 

[HurlSpurs7]

Oxlade-Chamberlain was on the FIFA 13 cover, how much does this really mean

Dont forget we only signed with EA last year Arsenal have been for quite a few years.

 

[animal]

Did we go nuts when Erik the Viking made the cover in 1995?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A0whODkCYAEmGBG.jpg:large

IMO that's one of the classic pieces of football photography which is I'm sure why it made it on the 95 cover, rather than Thorstvedt being one of the best players around at the time. I even had the poster on my bedroom wall.

 

[RichSpur58]

Hopefully if we have done a deal with EA our players will get some nice ratings. Wonder how good Bale will be?

 

[Gassin's finest]

We need to sign some players on the back of all this publicity, or even better, get Bale to sign a new contract.

When was the last time we had a player this famous?

Klinsman, before that Gazza.

 

[Flashspur]

good for Spurs thats we have to hold on to him