Team of the Week 21 (TOTW 21) is now available in
FIFA 23 Ultimate Team, but a Ones to Watch star misses out, despite being predicted to feature. After scoring the winning goal in
Barcelona 's 2-1 win over
Real Madrid , Frank Kessie could've potentially earned a long-awaited boost to his OTW player item, but EA Sports has opted to include teammate Frenkie de Jong in the FIFA 23 TOTW 21 squad instead, with the Netherlands international rated 88 overall.
Arsenal 's Bukayo Saka is also included in the squad after impressing in a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace , whilst Napoli's Victor Osimhen leads the line with an 88-rated TOTW player item. Rennes goalkeeper Steve Mandanda, Bayer Leverkusen's Exequiel Palacios and Atlanta United's Thiago Almada are the three Featured TOTW players, whilst players from Borussia Dortmund, Brighton and Hove Albion , Aston Villa, Monaco and more also feature. The FIFA 23 TOTW 21 squad is live in Ultimate Team packs now and will be available until Wednesday, March 29 at 5.59pm GMT / 1.59pm EDT / 10.59am PDT. CS:GO 2 release date announcement imminent suggests Valve's not so subtle teaser Fortnite Creative 2.0 UEFN release time: here's when Unreal Editor for Fortnite goes live FIFA 23 TOTW 21 squad confirmed There are four 88-rated players in TOTW 21, though it isn't the best squad, with four players rated 84 or lower in the starting XI. After a 6-1 win on the weekend with a host of players tipped to feature, Sebastian Haller was picked by EA to make the team, whilst Brighton defender Pervis Estupinan features after another impressive performance for the Seagulls. Here's the confirmed FIFA 23 Ultimate Team TOTW 21 squad, as revealed by EA Sports. The FIFA 23 TOTW 21 squad in full ( Image: EA SPORTS) GK: Steve Mandanda (Rennes) - 87 OVR (Featured TOTW) LB: Pervis Estupinan (Brighton and Hove Albion) - 84 OVR CB: Guillermo Maripan (AS Monaco) - 84 OVR RB: Lutsharel Geertrida (Feyenoord) - 83 OVR CM: Frenkie de Jong (Barcelona) - 88 OVR CDM: Douglas Luiz (Aston Villa) - 88 OVR RM: Victor Tsygankov (Girona) - 88 OVR CDM: Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen) - 87 OVR (Featured TOTW) ST: Victor Osimhen (Napoli) - 88 OVR ST: Sebastian Haller (Borussia Dortmund) - 85 OVR RW: Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) - 85 OVR GK: Frederik Ronnow (Union Berlin) - 83 OVR CB: Gerzino Nyamsi (Strasbourg) - 83 OVR CM: Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim) - 85 OVR CAM: Thiago Almada (Atlanta United) - 86 OVR (Featured TOTW) ST: Tim Kleindienst (Heidenheim) - 85 OVR ST: Nathan Tella (Burnley) - 84 OVR LW: Mattia Zaccagni (Lazio) - 84 OVR CB: Matthew Pollock (Aberdeen) - 79 OVR ST: Dimitri Petratos (ATK Mohun Bagan) - 83 OVR ST: Charlie Austin (Swindon Town) - 81 OVR ST: Cedric Itten (Young Boys) - 81 OVR RW: Amor Layouni (Western
Sydney Wanderers) - 79 OVR Some other standout names in the FIFA 23 TOTW 21 squad are Douglas Luiz, Nathan Tella, Andrej Kramaric and more. Overall, it's not the best squad, with the only standout players stats-wise being Osimhen and Luiz. The TOTW 21 squad will enter Ultimate Team with no other promo in Packs for the second consecutive week, with the current promo, FUT Ballers, only in SBCs and Objectives. FUT Birthday will be entering FUT next though, with the celebration promo set to be released in FUT on Friday, March 17 at 6pm GMT / 2pm ET / 11am PT. FUT Birthday will also include FUT Birthday Icons, with a handful of them having already been leaked. A FUT Birthday swaps event is also running alongside the promo, with a handful of tokens having already been released.