EA Sports FC players are hoping Franz Beckenbauer might make a return to Ultimate Team some day

Following the death of legendary German footballer Franz Beckenbauer, some EA Sports FC 24 players have expressed their hopes that he might make a return to the series formerly known as FIFA’s Ultimate Team mode following a hiatus.Over the course of lengthy playing and managing career the man nicknamed Der Kaiser helped shape what it means to be a defender and became an institution in German football, winning the world cup as both a player and manager. Now, following his death at age 78, EA FC players have been expressing their hopes that Beckenbauer’s absence from EA’s footy series might come to an end.“Rest in peace to a footballing great and German icon. Would love to have him back in Ultimate Team some day,” wrote one user on the EA Sports FC subreddit about the player, who hasn’t featured in the mode in a number of years. Read more