Tottenham select Serge Aurier to represent club at Stay and Play Cup
Tottenham are one of the clubs featuring in EA Sports’ Stay and Play Cup and have decided who will represent us in the competition.
Our star players Dele Alli and Harry Kane are avid gamers. However, Spurs confirmed that Serge Aurier would be the one playing for us in the competition.
Aurier has had his ups and downs during his time at Spurs, and it will be interesting to see how he performs in the FIFA 20 competition.
The competition is being held by EA Sports and is part of the gaming giant’s ‘Stay Home, Play Together’ initiative.
Our #StayandPlay Cup player…
🎮 🇨🇮 @Serge_Aurier
@EASPORTSFIFA ⚪️ #FIFA20 pic.twitter.com/r3cqObHBf0
— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) April 11, 2020
This aims to bring the online community together and encourage the sharing of gaming content to entertain people who are staying at home.
EA are also to donate $1million to Global Giving’s Coronavirus Relief Fund to fight the coronavirus pandemic (h/t EA).
Many top clubs in action
Apart from Tottenham, 19 other historic clubs will participate in the competition. The Stay and Play Cup will be held between 15 and 19 April 2020 (h/t EA).
The competition is a single-elimination one-on-one match with 85-rated squads. Twitch will also broadcast these FIFA 20 games across the world (h/t EA).
Liverpool, Chelsea and Manchester City are our rivals from England. The other big clubs to participate in the competition include Lyon, Marseille and PSG from France (h/t EA).
Borussia Dortmund and AS Roma will represent Germany and Italy, respectively. Spain has three entrants with Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Valencia (h/t EA).
Ajax, PSV Eindhoven, FC Porto, AIK, Djurgarden, HJK Helsinki, FC Copenhagen and Brondby are the other teams taking part (h/t EA).
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The catch is that only professional footballers can take part in the competition (h/t EA), and it will be interesting to see who the clubs select to represent them.
