Real Madrid Selling Shirts Featuring Fictional FIFA Player For £132.90

Real Madrid is "trying to cash in on a FIFA story line" by making replica shirts with fictional player Alex Hunter's name on them available for £132.90 ($171), according to the London DAILY MAIL. EA Sports confirmed Journey Mode will return for FIFA 19 as well as "main protagonist Hunter," whose final chapter "will see him join Real Madrid." The club "acted fast by releasing official replica shirts" for its '18-19 home and away kits with Hunter's name emblazoned on the back. The shirts will also have 29 on the back, which is the squad number Hunter "can be seen wearing in the FIFA trailer for Journey Mode." Real Madrid has been heavily criticized on social media for selling shirts with a fictional character's name "at such an extortionate price" (DAILY MAIL, 8/8).