Messi is likely to leave Barca, which has completely messed things up on the front of the PES covers as well…

A few days ago the cover image of eFootball PES 2021 was revealed, which stood out especially for the fact that it was shared by Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi, two of the best players in history for many. It is the first time that the two stars share a cover in the same video game since their own competition to be the best has led them to lead the promotional content of PES and FIFA alternately.

But everything has changed. As you may already know, unless you live on another planet, Messi has sent a fax to FC Barcelona with his desire to leave the culé team. A movement that has shaken the foundations of the football world. Although at the moment it is not known which club the Argentine star will sign, it seems difficult for him to continue at Barça.

This is, in addition to Bartomeu, a problem for Konami. PES 2021, which this season will be a template update, will be available from September 15, both in digital and physical format. On the cover shown, Messi appears with the Barcelona shirt. But, if he does eventually leave, he would have to change. Probably with the elimination of Leo Messi from the image, since the Japanese studio has a collaboration agreement with FC Barcelona and the logical thing would be for a member of the Catalan team to appear.

Surely, all this matter is not making the Japanese studio very funny, since perhaps they had already begun the process of printing the covers for their later distribution in stores. They will have to change everything once Messi has decided his future, except that this is to finally remain at Barça, something that seems unlikely considering that players like Puyol, a culé teammate, have wished him luck and supported his decision publicly.

The curse of sports covers has affected sagas such as PES, FIFA, NBA 2K and Madden.

This is not the first time this has happened in the history of sports video game covers. It already happened to Konami himself with PES 2018 and Neymar as the cover star. The Brazilian appeared with the elastic Blaugrana but announced his departure to PSG. From Konami, they had to change the cover, although they took their time to do it. Something similar happened with FIFA 19; Cristiano Ronaldo was the image of the game and appeared with the Real Madrid shirt, but after winning the thirteenth Champions League of the merengue team, he chose to change of scene and sign for Juventus. A fact that forced EA Sports to change the cover.

The curse of sports covers is something that goes beyond football. In the latest instalments of the NBA 2K saga this has gone much further. It has had to be tweaked five times since NBA 2K14 as cover players have switched teams in the process from the first image of the game being shown until it hit stores. LeBron James twice, Kevin Durant or Kyrie Irving have starred in these franchise changes. The Madden saga carries an even darker history: for several seasons, the player who starred on the cover was seriously injured.

Source: 3DJuegos

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