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It is just a few weeks until the release of FIFA 18, the ever-popular video game.

It is available on PS4 and X-Box from September 29 and supporters across the globe are scrambling to find out who their club’s best player is. The ratings have become a subject of plenty of debate in recent years and Newcastle United supporters will be keen to see where their players rate.

Ahead of this month’s release we’ve got the ratings for every United player for FIFA 18 – although we can’t say we agree with all of them.

The highest rated player is Florian Lejeune with 79. He arrived at the club this summer from Eibar for an £8.8 million fee. The lowest-rated players are Jamie Sterry and Freddie Woodman - potentially England’s future no.1 - with ratings of just 62.

More surprising is the lowly rating of Jacob Murphy who, despite being one of the Championship’s best players last season and setting the Magpies back more than £12m this summer, comes in at just 68.

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Delve into his rating and the FIFA programmers have divided his stats. They have given Murphy a pace rating of 82, dribbling skills of 69, shot power of 66, defence stats of 27, passing ability of 62 and a physicality of 55.

The news isn’t much better for fellow new-boy Mikel Merino who comes in at just 74. Despite his clear passing ability, FIFA have given him a rating of just 71 for that while knocking his pace for 61.

Surprisingly, Henri Saivet comes in as the joint second best rated player at the club on 77 - one down on his rating from last year. Jonjo Shelvey is also on 77 - the same as last year, while Tim Krul now on loan at Brighton also has the same rating.

The biggest gainer is Isaac Hayden who has gone from 66 on FIFA 17 to 71 on this year’s version. All of Rafa Benitez’s first team strikers; Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dwight Gayle and Joselu are rated 75.

You can get Fifa 18 for just £30 using this special deal - click here for details.

You can see the full list below.

Goalkeepers

Rob Elliot (69 + 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

Pace 69/Dribble 68/Shot 67/Pass 68/Physical 69/Defence 47

Karl Darlow (70 -1 on FIFA 17 rating)

70/73/69/64/66/59

Freddie Woodman (62 + 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

65/61/59/58/62/42

Tim Krul (77 - 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

77/80/77/69/75/50

Defenders

Florian Lejeune (79, same as FIFA 17 rating)

49/61/57/59/85/78

Ciaran Clark (76, same as FIFA 17 rating)

62/58/52/76/55/76

Chancel Mbemba (76 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

74/66/54/75/53/80

Jesus Gamez (76 - 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

61/67/51/78/63/81

Javier Manquillo (76 -1 on FIFA 17 rating)

76/71/45/65/72/73

Jamaal Lascelles (73 + 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

62/55/27/49/74/73

DeAndre Yedlin (73 + 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

93/73/51/66/64/76

Paul Dummett (71, no change on FIFA 17 rating)

65/67/50/62/71/72

Massadio Haidara (70 - 3 on FIFA 17 rating)

73/69/56/69/62/74

Midfielders

Jonjo Shelvey (77, no change on FIFA 17 rating)

62/73/73/79/77/60

Henri Saivet (77 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

74/71/78/70/64

Christian Atsu (75 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

91/79/67/70/50/35

Matt Ritchie (75 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

75/75/74/51/72/68

Mikel Merino (74 - 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

61/72/63/70/71/72

Mo Diame (73 - 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

73/77/70/67/77/73

Jack Colback (73 - 3 on FIFA 17 rating)

63/69/59/68/70/69

Rolando Aarons (72, no change on FIFA 17 rating)

84/76/62/65/49/32

Isaac Hayden (71 + 5 on FIFA 17 rating)

62/66/49/61/76/69

Jacob Murphy (68 + 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

82/69/66/62/55/27

Strikers

Dwight Gayle (75 + 2 on FIFA 17 rating)

83/73/76/55/60/25

Aleksandar Mitrovic (75 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

59/68/75/52/81/24

Joselu (75 - 1 on FIFA 17 rating)

62/72/75/64/67/26

You can get Fifa 18 for just £30 using this special deal - click here for details.