"?Always calm and measured when in possession of the ball, it appears David Alaba's skills on a football pitch extend to his abilities at FIFA; but while he'd never dream of disparaging a Bayern teammate on the field, it seems no such courtesies extend to a game of the EA mainstay.
While attending an event on Monday to announce a partnership between EA Sports and Bayern Munich, Alaba spoke to "?Goal about which of his comrades deserve special mention for their complete lack of FIFA skills.
"Yesterday we were at an Adidas activity with Javi (Martinez), Philipp (Lahm) and Julian (Green), and I was playing with Javi on a team, and he sucked."
Fortunately for him, Alaba was able to reassert his dominance later on in the evening when, avoiding Martinez like the plague, he teamed up with music producer Zedd and comfortably saw off a team comprising of NBA champ J.R. Smith and the seemingly cursed Martinez 3-0.
So what have we learned so far? Basically, if you ever get the chance to play FIFA with a Bayern player, it's perhaps wise to select someone other than Javi Martinez.
In fairness to Martinez, he far prefers basketball video games over FIFA and fully acknowledges he's one of the weakest players when it comes to the popular football series.
So who's the best at Bayern? According to Alaba, it's none other than Thomas Muller, while Martinez cites Juan Bernat as his no 1. The one thing both Alaba and Martinez definitely agree on is the realism of the player graphics.
''Yeah, it looks a lot like me,'' Javi admits. ''The players are very realistic. It's incredible."
The latest version of FIFA is out in North America Sept. 27, with a worldwide release a short two days later.