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Footballers gaming bans and habits

Héctor Bellerín couldn't stop playing Call of Duty daily as a young Arsenal player, and that's the least dramatic item on this list. Take Mesut Özil, who was on Fortnite basically every day and then went and built his own esports team out of it. Harry Kane kept his Fortnite habit going right through the 2018 World Cup. Neymar was a regular on Twitch and floated the idea that once he's done with football he could go pro as a gamer. Sergio Agüero actually made that leap after retiring, becoming a big Twitch presence who played games and ran match reaction streams. Cole Palmer got banned on Twitch for playing FC 27 live before it was officially out. Lionel Messi, whenever he came up against Pablo Zabaleta, would pick Chelsea in FIFA. Antoine Griezmann had to ring up EA to get his account back after a ban for buying FIFA coins. Erling Haaland is the first actual human turned into a Clash of Clans character. Mykhailo Mudryk spent a suspension on Counter-Strike 2 and picked up a one-month FACEIT ban for toxic messages. All that gear, all that money, and the real story is who got banned where.

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Footballers gaming bans and habits

Héctor Bellerín couldn't stop playing Call of Duty daily as a young Arsenal player, and that's the least dramatic item on this list. Take Mesut Özil, who was on Fortnite basically every day and then went and built his own esports team out of it. Harry Kane kept his Fortnite habit going right through the 2018 World Cup. Neymar was a regular on Twitch and floated the idea that once he's done with football he could go pro as a gamer. Sergio Agüero actually made that leap after retiring, becoming a big Twitch presence who played games and ran match reaction streams. Cole Palmer got banned on Twitch for playing FC 27 live before it was officially out. Lionel Messi, whenever he came up against Pablo Zabaleta, would pick Chelsea in FIFA. Antoine Griezmann had to ring up EA to get his account back after a ban for buying FIFA coins. Erling Haaland is the first actual human turned into a Clash of Clans character. Mykhailo Mudryk spent a suspension on Counter-Strike 2 and picked up a one-month FACEIT ban for toxic messages. All that gear, all that money, and the real story is who got banned where.

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