’FIFA 23’ will let you play as fictional football coach Ted Lasso

HANDOUT - Jason Sudeikis as coach Ted Lasso and Sarah Niles as Sharon in "Ted Lasso". The former is set to star as a playable character in the next edition of FIFA. — Photo: Colin Hutton/Apple TV+/dpa

BERLIN: Ted Lasso, the football coach from the Apple TV+ comedy show of the same name, is set to appear as an in-game character in the next edition of cult football game FIFA, the creators at EA have announced.

The series tells the story of a US football coach who turns around an unsuccessful football club in England, and the main character portrayed by Jason Sudeikis is now set to be playable in “FIFA 23”.