Xherdan Shaqiri is FIFA 15’s Cover Star for Switzerland

<p>Xherdan Shaqiri has been revealed as the latest footballer to feature on the front cover of EA Sports&&num;8217&semi; <em>FIFA 15<&sol;em> for his home country of Switzerland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EA confirmed the news on <a title&equals;"EA Sports' Twitter" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;EASPORTSFIFA&sol;status&sol;501748558371241984" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Twitter<&sol;a> that FC Bayern München’s 22-year-old midfielder will be joining FC Barcelona’s Lionel Messi on the box art for this year&&num;8217&semi;s highly anticipated installment in the renowned football franchise&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-width&equals;"500" data-dnt&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p lang&equals;"en" dir&equals;"ltr">Bayern star Shaqiri <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;XS&lowbar;11official&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&commat;XS&lowbar;11official<&sol;a> &&num;8211&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;hashtag&sol;FIFA15&quest;src&equals;hash&amp&semi;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">&num;FIFA15<&sol;a> cover star in Switzerland&excl; Features&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;vhQ79s3WRo">http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;vhQ79s3WRo<&sol;a> <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;kdGsoQ8ETz">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;kdGsoQ8ETz<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&mdash&semi; EA SPORTS FC &lpar;&commat;EASPORTSFC&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;EASPORTSFC&sol;status&sol;501748558371241984&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw">August 19&comma; 2014<&sol;a><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shaqiri enjoyed a successful World Cup campaign this summer with Switzerland as he helped his country quality from Group E and&comma; more importantly&comma; scored a hat-trick against Honduras during the tournament&period; However&comma; Shaqiri has failed to secure regular first-team football for his club recently&comma; leaving speculation to be fueled that he would be leaving the Bundesliga champions this summer&comma; with Liverpool and Manchester United rumored to be interested in acquiring his services in the Barclays Premier League&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>EA has already revealed a range of different players who will feature alongside Messi on the box art of <em>FIFA 15<&sol;em>&comma; which includes Gonzalo Higuaín &lpar;Italy&rpar;&comma; Tim Cahill &lpar;Australia and New Zealand&rpar;&comma; <a title&equals;"FIFA 15 U&period;S&period; and Canada Cover Star Revealed" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;fifa-15-u-s-canada-cover-star-revealed&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Clint Dempsey<&sol;a> &lpar;United States and Canada&rpar; and&comma; of course&comma; Shaqiri’s team-mates David Alaba &lpar;Austria&rpar; and Robert Lewandowski &lpar;Poland&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>FIFA 15 will be released late September on Xbox 360&comma; Xbox One&comma; PlayStation 3&comma; PlayStation 4&comma; PlayStation Vita&comma; Wii&comma; Nintendo 3DS and PC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;