EA FC 26 cover star leaked as player returning to the front of the game revealed

It looks like we now know who is set to star on the front of EA FC 26, with the game's cover star leaked on social media.

We're still a few months away from the release of EA FC 26, and with EA Sports yet to reveal anything about the new game, you'd expect hype surrounding the next EA Sports FC instalment to be low. Well, this isn't quite the case, with a host of EA FC 26 leaks being made across social media over the last few weeks.

Without anything being revealed by EA, it now seems that players know nearly everything there is to know about EA FC 26. Details such as the games release date, new Icons and new card designs have all been leaked over the last few weeks, but now, the EA FC 26 cover star has been leaked, likely spoiling any big reveal or surprise that EA had planned.

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EA FC 26 cover star leaked

In EA FC 24, Erling Haaland was on the front of the game, while EA FC 25 saw Jude Bellingham make his debut as the frontman. And now, according to leaker

🚨Bellingham is the cover star player for FC 26 ⭐️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (@LeanDesign_ ) pic.twitter.com/uAkEQxvJAe

— Fut Sheriff (@FutSheriff) June 24, 2025

, Bellingham will be the EA FC 26 cover star, with EA sticking with the Real Madrid and England international for another year.

In all honestly, this was sort of expected for most people. It's likely that Bellingham agreed to a multi-year deal with EA when he became the cover star for EA FC 25, so at least one more year of the Englishman seems appropriate.

There were other players rumoured to be on the cover of EA FC 26, but there were some players we could rule out instantly. Could it have been Cristiano Ronaldo? Lionel Messi? Lamine Yamal? Well, we already knew for a fact it couldn't have been any of these.

Yamal was revealed as an ambassador for eFootball, previously known as Pro Evolution Soccer (PES), earlier this year, meaning the Spaniard cannot be on the cover of EA FC 26. Messi has also been an ambassador for eFootball for a few years now, while Ronaldo is an investor and ambassador for free-to-play football game UFL.

It is a shame that the cover star has been leaked so far in advance, as it does take away any sort of surprise factor when EA makes its official announcement. For EA FC 24, there were no leaks about Haaland being the cover star, so when it was officially revealed, it was a surprise for everyone.

But, it seems that leaks are more prominent than ever ahead of EA FC 26. Let's hope that EA can find a way to limit these when the game's eventually released.