FIFA 19: Foden, Ligt and Vinicius Jr unveiled as future stars of FUT 19

Phil Foden, Matthijs de Ligt and Vinicius Jr. have been unveiled as the first three cards in the all-new FIFA 19 Ultimate Team promotion.

The promotion, titled FUT Future Stars, will feature some of the best young players in the world through cards showing their potential for future rankings.

All cards included in the promotion will feature players aged 23 or younger who are not yet considered well established stars, almost certainly excluding the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Joshua Kimmich and Dele Alli.

More and more players participating in the promotion should be unveiled Thursday with the full rankings of each card revealed Friday.

.@philfoden of @ManCity, @ vini11Oficial of @realmadriden and Matthijs de Ligt of @AFCAjax are FUT Future Stars!

✔️ 23 years old or younger
✔️ Not yet an established star
✔️ Potential future odds

More players unveiled tomorrow and a full audience Friday! pic.twitter.com/PIoaNPVMM7

– EA SPORTS FIFA (@EASPORTSFIFA) January 16, 2019

De Ligt is included in the list after winning the prestigious Golden Boy Award attributed to the game's best young player. The Ajax defender is the captain of his team and has also become an essential part of the team. Netherlands.

Foden remains on the outskirts of the first Manchester City team, but has so far impressed in his appearances under Pep Guardiola. The English midfielder has played 15 games in total with the defending Premier League champions this season.

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For his part, Vinicius joined Real Madrid this summer from Flamengo and at 18, the Brazilian is considered one of the most promising attackers of the game.

This promotion follows the FIFA annual team of the year, which came out of the pack on Monday at the end of a week – long event that saw the best 2018 players be part of a group of 12 men.

FIFA also unveiled on Wednesday the current team of the week, consisting of Luis Suarez, David de Gea and Fabinho.