David Beckham's mammoth EA Sports deal reason behind Zlatan, Bale's FIFA 21 outrage?

AC Milan star Zlatan Ibrahimovic stirred fresh controversy after he slammed EA Sports for using his likeness in FIFA 21 without his permission. big Swede alleged that he h agreement with FIFPro or EA Sports and someone was raking profit on his name and face without any agreement. Zlatan was backed by on-loan Tottenham star Gareth Bale, who threw his weight behind Zlatan's claims for an investigation into FIFPro. 

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Has David Beckham EA Sports deal elevated Gareth Bale, Zlatan Ibrahimovic's frustrations? 

Manchester United legend David Beckham earlier this month was unveiled as an official ambassor for EA Sports and FIFA 21, with developers also rolling out a special FIFA 21 Beckham Edition. Reports suggest that deal will earn former Real Mrid star a massive £40 million over three years, considerably more than what he earned during his playing career.

former England international is bagging an eye-watering £256,000 every week through his deal, with furr revenue coming in from or sponsorship deals and his MLS side Inter Miami, who also feature in FIFA 21. 

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EA Sports have also spent a whopping amount to bring likes of Lewis Hamilton, Dua Lipa and Anthony Joshua on board as 'Groundbreakers'. Reports suggest that Zlatan Ibrahimovic EA Sports feud could be linked to Beckham's deal, with active players earning lesser than retired stars and n-football icons.

According to Athletic, 450 players in Brazil won a settlement of $6.5million after Union of Athletes of Santa Catarina brought a case against m in court. While Zlatan's case of 39-year-old's case will be much more complicated due to involvement of FIFPro, report states that more leing players are likely to come forward to raise an objection. 

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EA Sports respond to Zlatan's allegations 

In a statement by EA Sports to SportBible, a spokesperson said that EA SPORTS FIFA is world's leing football video game, and to create an auntic experience year after year company works with numerous leagues, teams and individual talent to secure rights of player likeness to include in ir game. One of those is a long-standing relationship with global representative of professional football players, FIFPro, who partner with a number of licensors to negotiate deals that benefit players and ir unions.

EA Sports mentioned that Zlatan's im rights come as part of ir agreement with AC Milan, having entered into multi-year exclusive licensing agreements back in August for FIFA 21 and beyond, with partnership including player, kit and stium rights.

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(Im Courtesy: Zlatan Ibrahimovic, David Beckham Instagram)