FIFA 21 Ones to Watch predictions featuring new Chelsea and Everton transfers

With the release date of FIFA 21 drawing ever closer, the Ones to Watch Ultimate Team (FUT) promo is due for release very shortly.

The Ones to Watch (OTW) FUT promo is a popular yearly promo which sees some of the biggest transfers of the summer window given special dynamic FUT Ones to Watch items that upgrade throughout the season based on their real-world performances for their new clubs.

OTW items will upgrade whenever that player is included in a TOTW performance based FUT promo, matching the boosts given to the TOTW card. The OTW promo normally begins on the release date of the new FIFA title.

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Last year players like Eden Hazard, Antoine Griezmann, Philippe Coutinho, Mauro Icardi, Frenkie De Jong, Romelu Lukaku and many others featured in the FUT 20 OTW promo, and we can expect some big name players to be included in this promo in FUT 21.

But with the 2020 summer transfer window remaining open until October in this disrupted season, expect to see changes to the OTW promo throughout the first few weeks, with transfers expected to happen up until the deadline in what is an extended transfer window.

Here are our FIFA 21 Ultimate Team Ones to Watch predictions, which will be updated based on the latest real-life transfers, with 23 players included.

FIFA 21 Ones to Watch predictions

Lionel Messi won’t be included in this year’s FUT 21 OTW promo, with the Barcelona forward announcing his intention to stay at Camp Nou for the 2020/21 season. However, players like Jadon Sancho, Sergio Reguilon, Thiago Alcantara, Gini Wijnaldum and others could all feature on this list later in the window.

ST: Luis Suarez (Piemonte Calcio/Juventus)

LW: Leroy Sane (Bayern Munich)

CM: Miralem Pjanic (FC Barcelona)

ST: Timo Werner (Chelsea)

CM: Arthur ( Piemonte Calcio/Juventus)

CAM: James Rodriguez (Everton)

CAM: Kai Havertz (Chelsea)

CM: Ivan Rakitic (Sevilla)

CAM: Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea)

ST: Victor Osimhen (Napoli)

RB: Achraf Hakimi (Inter)

CM: Donny van de Beek (Manchester United)

ST: Rodrigo (Leeds United)

ST: Kevin Volland (AS Monaco)

LB: Ben Chilwell (Chelsea)

CB: Nathan Ake (Manchester City)

RM: Ferran Torres (Manchester City)

CB: Gabriel (Arsenal)

ST: Jonathan David (LOSC Lille)

RM: Takefusa Kubo (Villarreal)

CAM: Reinier (Borussia Dortmund)

CM: Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund)

LW: Grady Diangana (West Bromwich Albion)

FIFA 21 release date details

EA have confirmed that FIFA 21 has an official UK and worldwide release date of October 9, 2020, but some editions will allow you to play FIFA 21 slightly earlier than this.

If you pre-order the FIFA 21 Ultimate Edition or Champions Edition on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC you’ll be able to play from October 6, 2020, with the Standard Edition allowing fans to play from the game’s official UK and worldwide release date of October 9, 2020.

It has also been confirmed that FIFA 21 will be playable on the next-generation edition of gaming consoles, the Playstation 5 and the Xbox One Series X, but no release date has been confirmed for these consoles yet.