Three months after it had been released, FIFA 23 players have just uncovered a series of happy easter ! featuring Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.
The Hollywood legends own National League side Wrexham AFC, which was contained in FIFA 22 via the Rest Of The World category and returned for the 2023 edition.
However, Reynolds and McElhenney themselves also appear in FIFA 23 to offer some “good-natured barbs”.
In one Easter egg, the pair can be heard talking about Premier League side Liverpool during a pre-game message. “Well, this can be a special game, mtss is a big club versus a really small club,” starts McElhenney. “A giant club, versus a minuscule, improvisational version of a soccer club,” adds Reynolds, before revealing these were dunking on Liverpool.
Another happens as Wrexham take on EFL League Two side Stockport County, who have been promoted in front of Wrexham at the end of last season. “Well, this really is one of our main rivals from our first season as co-chairman of the club,” explains McElhenney. “Yeah, they were given promoted over us last season. Still a bit bitter about that, but feel free to deliver Stockport Country 31 flavours of humiliation. Don't restrain,” encourages Reynolds.
Sharing this news on Twitter, McElhenney went on to deny the pair were insulting Liverpool. “Just a good-natured barb between two massive clubs,” he explained.
It's yet to be revealed should there be other Easter eggs featuring Reynolds and McElhenney in FIFA 23. The pair also star in Disney+ docuseries Welcome To Wrexham, which tracks the pair’s tries to turn around the “struggling” team, which is the third oldest soccer club on the planet.
Last year, it was confirmed FIFA 23 had the series’ best launch ever. FIFA 23 is the final instalment within the long-running football video game series, that is set to become renamed EA Sports FC from the coming year following the end of EA's partnership with FIFA.
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