Wayne Rooney has a better rating than World Cup winner Mario Gotze (Picture: Fifa 15)

Fifa 15 geeks will have raised some suspicious eyebrows after learning that Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has been rated higher than Germany World Cup winner Mario Gotze and Chelsea striker Diego Costa on the latest edition of the smash game.

Makers, EA Sports, released the names of the players listed in places 20 to 11 on Saturday as they continue to reveal their best-rated stars in this year’s game.

And Rooney got a rating of 86 – dropping from his Fifa 14 rating of 87 – despite having endured a disappointing campaign with The Red Devils last season, in which the Old Trafford outfit missed out on Champions League football.



The real surprise, though, was that the England international got a higher rating than Gotze, whose goal against Argentina in the World Cup final clinched the title for Germany this summer.


Rooney also managed to beat Costa, who helped fire Atletico Madrid to their first La Liga title in 18 years last season, and France striker Karim Benzema – who helped Real Madrid secure their historic 10th European Cup last term.

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