in fifa 18 ultimate team, the ones to watch (otw) for winter transfers are in the offing. all information about the new fifa 18 winter otw player cards, an explanation of what the "stars are in the spotlight" and how to get them can be found here.

by the end of september, 2017, the first batch of fut 18 otw cards were already available in the packs. now, in the winter of 2018, ea sports is releasing new otw cards. this time around, it's the winter edition of ones to watch. a selection of 23 players, among the most promising top winter transfers, receive dynamic special otw cards.

fifa 18 winter otw release date

fifa 18 winter otw arrive starting from 2 february and among the players already announced there are alexis sanchez, phillippe coutinho and henrikh mkhitaryan, spent in recent weeks at manchester united, barcelona, and liverpool

fifa 18 winter otw players

which players receive fifa 18 otw cards in winter?

update: in total, these 23 new fifa 18 otw cards are officially known:

defenders

cb: virgil van dijk (liverpool)

cb: aymeric laporte (manchester city)

cb: iñigo martínez (sevilla)

lb: nicolás tagliafico (ajax)

midfielders

cdm: francis coquelin (valencia cf)

cdm: soualiho meïté (fc girondins de bordeaux)

cm: joão mário (west ham united)

cam: ross barkley (chelsea)

rm: henrikh mkhitaryan (arsenal)

rm: theo walcott (everton)

rw: lucas (tottenham hotspurs)

rw: milot rashica (sv werder bremen)

lm: paul-georges ntep (saint-étienne)

lw: alexis sánchez (manchester united)

lw: coutinho (fc barcelona)

lw: deulofeu (watford)

strikers

st: pierre-emerick aubameyang (arsenal)

st: diego costa (atlético madrid)

st: michy batshuayi (borussia dortmund)

st: cenk tosun (everton)

st: jürgen locadia (brighton & hove albion)

st: ahmed musa (cska moscow)

st: khouma babacar (sassuolo)

the winter otws are expected to be in the packs from 2 february at 18:00 to 9 february at 18:00. once the otw cards are in the packs, they replace the default cards of those players in the packs. after the otw phase, you can no longer pull them out of packs, but only buy them on the transfer market.

fifa 18 winter otw predictions

in addition to sanchez, mkhitaryan and coutinho get 20 more players otw cards. we will only find out what these are in the future. until then you will find here predictions fifauteam - so a forecast, which other footballers could get otw cards:

defenders

cb: virgil van dijk (liverpool)

cb: lisandro lópez (inter)

cb: manuel akanji (borussia dortmund)

lb: terence kongolo (huddersfield town)

lb: nicolás tagliafico (ajax)

midfielders

cdm: yann m'vila (as saint-etienne)

cdm: francis coquelin (valencia cf)

cdm: soualiho meïté (fc girondins de bordeaux)

cm: vincent koziello (1st fc cologne)

cm: joão mário (west ham united)

cm: rafinha (inter)

cam: ross barkley (chelsea)

rm: henrikh mkhitaryan (arsenal)

rm: theo walcott (everton)

lm: vitolo (atlético madrid)

lw: alexis sánchez (manchester united)

lw: coutinho (fc barcelona)

lw: marko pjaca (fc schalke 04)

strikers

st: diego costa (atlético madrid)

st: luciano vietto (valencia cf)

st: cenk tosun (everton)

st: jürgen locadia (brighton & hove albion)

what are the fifa 18 otw (ones to watch)? how are the upgrades going? fifa 18 otw declaration

the special feature of the otw cards: they are dynamic cards. each time an otw player receives a totw card or other special card (such as motm, hero, etc.), his otw card is automatically adjusted to that card and remains consistently at the higher rating.

in other words, the better the player in real football (and receiving a special card from ea sports), the better your otw card will be over the course of the season. there is then a form boost that meets the latest values.

important: the otw cards are not upgraded by those special cards that grant extreme stat boosts, such as toty or tots.

the position on the otw player card remains the same, even if the position on a new totw card is different.