Pico Lopes named highest‑rated League of Ireland player in EA SPORTS FC™ 27

Pico Lopes has been named as the highest rated League of Ireland player in the upcoming  EA SPORTS FC™ 27.

His performances for both Shamrock Rovers and most notably at the World Cup with Cape Verde saw Lopes be awarded a 71 rating overall.

There are two other players in the game rated a 70 with Derry City’s duo of James McClean and Michael Duffy sharing second place on the podium.

Shamrock Rovers players make up 10 of the top 27 rated players in the game with Graham Burke rated a 68 as their next highest player and Jack Byrne and Ed McGinty sit on 67 overall.

For St Patrick’s Athletic shotstopper Joseph Anang sits as their highest rated player with a 68 overall while outfield their highest is Chris Forrester who just misses out in breaking into the top 10 as the eleventh highest rated with a 66 overall, an overall he shares with Rovers midfielder Matt Healy.