EA FC 24 Nike MAD Ready – Release date, predictions, and everything you need to know

The Nike MAD Ready promo has been officially announced as the first event of the EA Sports FC 24 Ultimate Team season! It will be a brand-new event and is exclusively available during early access. 

It’s exciting to start off with an unknown promo. This allows us to speculate on what it could entail before we hit the EA Sports FC 24 release date. Find out everything you need to know about the Nike MAD Ready promo in FC 24 Ultimate Team below, including the release date and our player predictions. 

FC 24 Nike MAD Ready release date 

The FC 24 Ultimate Team Nike MAD Ready release date is September 22. This will be the first promo of the season, and we expect it to go live at the usual time of 1pm ET / 6pm BST. 

It is the first-ever early access FUT campaign, meaning it is exclusively available to those who have access to the game before the worldwide release. To gain early access, you must have pre-ordered the Ultimate Edition of FC 24, or have an EA Play subscription. 

Among the bonuses you get for pre-ordering the Ultimate Edition, you will receive a Nike Ultimate Team Campaign Loan Player Item (24 matches), and a Nike x EA Sports FC Ultimate Team Kit. 

EA Sports FC 24 Nike MAD Ready promo 

As a brand new event, we’re not quite sure what to expect from the EA Sports FC 24 Nike MAD Ready promo. The EA x Nike partnership is a new one, and this campaign will celebrate the union. 

In FIFA 22 we saw the Adidas Numbers Up event, which only featured players who wore boots for the brand. We think a similar selection process will be used again. The type of boot the player wore affected the way their card was upgraded. Players who wore the Copa had passing increased, Predator their dribbling (or handling for goalkeepers), and X their pace. 

The players involved gained upgrades at selected points throughout the season, which were as follows: 

• Upgrade 1: Campaign Launch
  • General promo boost 
• Upgrade 2: December
  • NumbersUp Attribute (PAC/PAS/DRI) increased +5, Other Attributes +1 
• Upgrade 3: April
  • NumbersUp Attribute (PAC/PAS/DRI) increased to 99 OVR, Other Attributes +1 

This mechanic could be employed again, with Nike separating their boots as Speed (Mercurial), Skill (Phantom), and Touch (Tiempo). This could mean pace and dribbling attributes impacted again, with skill-move ability possibly taking over from passing. 

Nike MAD Ready player predictions 

Thankfully, player predictions for the Nike MAD Ready promo are easier than just plucking names out of thin air. This is because we know what sort of boots the top players wear. Knowing that we can get pretty excited about who could feature in the event! 

Our Nike MAD Ready promo player predictions include the following: 

Player	Boot	OVR Prediction
Kylian Mbappe	Mercurial	93
Erling Haaland	Phantom	92
Robert Lewandowski	Mercurial	92
Thibaut Courtois	Tiempo	91
Joshua Kimmich	Mercurial	90
Ruben Dias	Phantom	89
Virgil van Dijk	Tiempo	89
Frenkie de Jong	Tiempo	88
Vinicius Jr	Mercurial	88
Martin Odegaard	Mercurial	87
Andrew Robertson	Phantom	87
Cristiano Ronaldo	Mercurial	87
Federico Valverde	Mercurial	87
Matthijs de Ligt	Tiempo	86
Theo Hernandez	Mercurial	86
Lautaro Martinez	Phantom	86
Victor Osimhen	Mercurial	86
Marcus Rashford	Mercurial	86
Federico Chiesa	Mercurial	85
Alphonso Davies	Mercurial	85
Phil Foden	Phantom	85
Marcos Llorente	Tiempo	85
Jamal Musiala	Tiempo	85
John Stones	Phantom	85
Duasn Vlahovic	Mercurial	85
Ronaldo Araujo	Tiempo	84
Rodrygo	Phantom	84
Gavi	Phantom	83
Darwin Nunez	Mercurial	83
Eduardo Camavinga	Phantom	82
Enzo Fernandez	Phantom	82

There are loads of top players who could feature in the promo, and we’ve only included ones who are kitted out with the latest version of each boot! We also didn’t include players who could feature in the Ones to Watch promo. 

Although we have made an extensive list of player predictions, could EA fulfill it with a bumper promo to kick things off? We will have to wait and see!