Spanish footballing great David Villa is being rumoured as one of the new Icon/Hero cards in FIFA 22 Ultimate Team.

A major FIFA leaker on Twitter confirmed that sources had revealed the news of the former Barcelona, Valencia and New York City FC player being included as a Hero card in FIFA 22.

Whilst this is not confirmed and to be treated as just a rumour at this point, several Icon names have already been leaked ahead of the release of FIFA 22; and Villa would be no surprise as a major name being added.

FIFA leaker @discovery_fut noted the following with regards to the rumoured news of Villa making his way to the game as a Hero card. They said: "According to our source, the Spanish striker could be present in the roster of #FIFA22 #icons.

"For David Villa, we reserve the right to make a mistake, for this reason, we decided to treat the news as a rumour."

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David Villa is rumoured to be included in FIFA 22