EA Sports make Theo Walcott their fastest FIFA 16 player... despite Arsenal team-mate Hector Bellerin beating him for pace twice
* EA Sports have announced the quickest players for FIFA 16
* Theo Walcott is joint fastest with Fortuna Dusseldorf's Mathis Bolly
* The news comes less than a month after Hector Bellerin claimed to be the speediest player at the Emirates
* Real Madrid's Gareth Bale is rated at 95, as is Watford loanee Victor Ibarbo
With FIFA 16 set be released by EA Sports on September 22, gamers and football fans alike are waiting on tenterhooks to find out whether the gameplay will be up to scratch.
But in the meantime the video game makers are revealing a number of player and club ratings lists to entice the long-running franchise's fans.
And after grabbing a quickfire brace for England in their recent Euro 2016 away qualifier against San Marino, Theo Walcott has another reason to celebrate - he has been named the game's quickest player.
Arsenal and England star Walcott is among the fastest players in FIFA 16 with a score of 96
Walcott is joint fastest with a score of 96, along with German second tier outfit Fortuna Dusseldorf's Norway-born Ivory Coast international, Mathis Bolly.
However, Walcott's Arsenal team-mate Hector Bellerin has reason to feel aggrieved.
The Spanish right back revealed in late August that he had grabbed the title of fastest Gunner for the second time - after out-sprinting Walcott once again.
The 20-year-old defeated Walcott, who achieved a 40 metre sprint time of 4.78 seconds, by one hundredth of a second last summer.
Walcott had previously dethroned Thierry Henry, but Bellerin revealed in an interview with The Sun that he had yet again won the battle: 'Everyone keeps telling me different numbers.
'But I know I beat Theo by literally one hundredth of a second after he had beaten Thierry, so you can do the maths.
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TOP 20 QUICKEST FIFA 16 PLAYERS
Theo Walcott (Arsenal) - 96
Mathis Bolly (Fortuna Düsseldorf) - 96
Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 95
Williams (Athletic Club de Bilbao) - 95
Víctor Ibarbo (on loan at Watford) - 95
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund) - 95
Jurgen Damm (Tigres (UANL) - 95
Ernest Asante (Stabaek Fotball) - 95
Salif Dianda (Ternana) - 95
Maicon da Silva (Livorno) - 95
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'It was very close last year but this year I beat Theo by more of a distance. He won't tell you that, though!'
Other players to command a spot in the upper echelons of the game's speed rankings include Real Madrid's former Tottenham Hotspur maestro Gareth Bale, Watford loanee from Serie A's Roma, Victor Ibarbo, Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and 22-year-old Livorno right back Maicon da Silva - not to be confused with Roma's ex-Manchester City full back, Maicon Sisenando.
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