Each year, EA Sports celebrates the best and brightest of football\u2019s world stars with its Ultimate Team TOTY promotion<\/a>.<\/p>\n This year was no different \u2013 and, surprise surprise, Argentine legend Lionel Messi was once again included, and was given one of the best player cards in the game.<\/p>\n Love gaming? Listen to our podcast, One More Life!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n You can argue until the cows come home about whether he deserved a spot after his move to MLS team Inter Miami and out of the limelight of European football, but that\u2019s not the issue here.<\/p>\n The Messi TOTY card in FC 24 is so good that it even reached nearly 10 million coins on the Ultimate Team marketplace.<\/p>\n TOTY Messi was also available as a Squad Building Challenge (SBC) reward, with players earning a chance to unlock the card as a minimum rating of 86 TOTY card reward.<\/p>\n Somehow, EA ended up giving out way too many <\/i>Messi cards as a reward for the SBC. Now, way too many players have what could be the best card in the game.<\/p>\n This is a problem.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out everything there is to know about the FC 24 Messi TOTY situation as we explain everything that happened below.<\/p>\n The EA FC 24 Messi TOTY card was accidentally given out to way too many people <\/b>as a reward for the 86+ TOTY Leagues Squad Building Challenge. Since noticing the error, EA has now taken the glitched SBC offline<\/b>.<\/p>\n This all means that many players no longer have the chance to easily earn one of the best cards in the game, and are now upset that they missed out.<\/p>\n Indeed, players may have to put up with loads of teams containing the 97-rated Messi TOTY card that shouldn\u2019t have it. It should be an incredibly rare commodity, just as the 97-rated Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Erling Haaland and Caroline Graham Hansen cards are.<\/p> Essentially, some fans believe the glitched SBC has now left the game potentially unbalanced and unfair.<\/p>\n Said fans aren\u2019t happy about it, and now it\u2019s become a whole thing<\/i> online.<\/p>\n Just take a look at the sheer amount of comments under EA\u2019s X (formerly known as Twitter) post about taking the Messi TOTY-giving SBC offline and you\u2019ll see what we mean:<\/p>\n We have identified an issue with the 86+ TOTY Leagues SBC, as a result we have disabled the SBC.<\/p>\u2014 EA SPORTS FC Direct Communication (@EASFCDirect) January 30, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>FC 24 Messi TOTY: Situation explained as EA overshares<\/b><\/h2>\n
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