Nile Ranger isn’t on Fifa 18 and Nile Ranger is pissed about it.
The former Newcastle forward is currently lining out for Southend United in League One but he’s seemingly been left out of the latest edition of the popular video game.
Ranger recently served a prison sentence after admitting to an online banking fraud in which a woman lost in excess of £2,000.
The 26-year-old, whose career has been laden with off-field indiscretions, was released early for “his consistently excellent custodial behaviour” and he returned to the Shrimpers.
But Ranger was stunned to learn that his recent sentence saw him excluded from the Southend squad on Fifa 18 and he didn’t hesitate to let EA Sports know about his disappointment.
So 2months in custody stops you from being on Fifa @EASPORTSFIFA 😵😵 wonder if I was @Cristiano or MESSSSI.. would this HAPPEN.. HMMMM
— Nile Ranger (@NilePowerRanger) September 21, 2017
Given the polarising nature of the player, who used to represent England at U19 level, sympathy was hard to come by in the replies to the above post.
You were a premier league footballer and you pissed it away thinking your a gangster. And all your worried about it being on FIFA ?
— Olly Smith (@smithy0504) September 21, 2017
You have to have been a footballer to be in FIFA #NUFC
— Andrew Cant (@andyc1892) September 21, 2017
Probably to avoid the costs to remove you from the game when you get yourself banged up again….
— Ian Storrar (@xSAFCx) September 21, 2017
You’re shite though so it doesn’t matter.
— Andy Gurr (@andy_gurr) September 21, 2017
You’ve got to be kidding, lucky to be in football at all. Get a grip #nufc
— michael edmunds (@micked09) September 21, 2017
Your not a role model for our children #fact
— AndyBustaSmith (@ads42) September 21, 2017
Get over yourself mate and concentrate and doing your job for a while #helmet
— Ryan Gardiner (@a6_ryg) September 21, 2017
I sold you for a tenna once on FIFA #nufc #wasteofspace
— Daniel Jennings (@JenningsNUFC) September 21, 2017
@Cristiano or messi didn’t piss their career up the wall though did they plastic gangsta?Nice to try to compare yourself to those though ?
— Tony (@tony666tony) September 21, 2017
