EA FC 25 Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC: All tasks and cheapest solutions

Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC has finally gone live in the EA FC 25 Ultimate Team servers. The exclusive Icon SBC card offers an 88-rated legendary French defensive midfielder featuring flashy attributes such as 82 Pace, 88 Defending, and 87 Physicality. Similar to other player cards in the Winter Wildcards promo, Makelele has received all upgraded attributes from his Base Icon card, making him one of the most sought-after CDMs in-game.

For those interested in acquiring this French Legend, this article will explore all the tasks and their cheapest solution to access the Claude Makelele Winter Wildcard SBC before we welcome more icons as part of the current EA FC 25 Ultimate Team promo.

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All tasks of the EA FC 25 Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC

Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC tasks (Image via EA Sports)

Similar to the Diego Forlan Hero SBC and Socrates Winter Wildcards SBC, the Claude Makele Winter Wildcards SBC can also be accessed by fulfilling certain criteria (seven in this case). Players must acquire the right cards that fit into the stipulations below to finally get their hands on this legendary French Midfielder.

Having said that, these are the tasks:

Task 1: Born Legend

• Rare Players: Minimum 11 in your starting 11
• Player Quality: Exact Bronze in your starting 11

Task 2: Rising Star

• Rare Players: Minimum 11 in your starting 11
• Player Quality: Exact Bronze in your starting 11

Task 3: On a Loan

• Team Overall Rating: Minimum 84

Task 4: Top-notch

• Team Of The Week Players: Minimum one in your starting 11
• Team Overall Rating: Minimum 85

Task 5: Les Blues

• France Players: Minimum one in your starting 11
• Team Overall Rating: Minimum 86

Task 6: League Legend

• Premier League Players: Minimum one in your starting 11
• Team Of The Week Players: Minimum one in your starting 11
• Team Overall Rating: Minimum 86

Task 7: 87-Rated Squad

• Team Overall Rating: Minimum 87

Cheapest solutions of the EA FC 25 Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC

Claude Makelele special promo attributes (Image via EA Sports)

Note that the prices of the cheapest players' cards (fodder) mentioned below might deviate based on EA FC 25 market trends. Therefore, the overall price to complete Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC is subject to change.

That said, here’s a list of fodder:

Task 1: Born Legend

• Ross Doohan: 61
• Filipe De Carvalho: 63
• Jesper Ceesay: 63
• Kacper Chorazka: 60
• Robert Slevin: 62
• Nathan Lowe: 62
• Niklas Odegard: 61
• Christian Theoharous: 63
• Josef Brian Baccay: 63
• Patric Aslund: 61
• Dean Campbell: 63

Task 2: Rising Star

• Kwadwo Opoku: 68
• Bastain Allgeirer: 65
• Kwan Hyeok Kyu: 66
• Mirko Anotnucci: 68
• Recci Hackett: 66
• Erling Knudtzon: 65
• Miao Tang: 68
• Mateo Joseph: 68
• Nathan Ngoy: 67
• Pu Chen: 68
• Young Wook Cho: 66

Task 3: On a Loan

• Serhou Guirassy: 84
• Cristian Romero: 84
• Benjamin Pavard: 84
• Lucas Hernandez: 83
• Glodis Perla Viggosdottir: 84
• Aleix Garcia: 84
• Ismael Benncer: 83
• Gavi: 83
• Jack Grealish: 84
• Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir: 82
• James Maddison: 85

Task 4: Top-notch

• Ewa Pajor: 87
• Arianna Caruso: 84
• Federico Dimarco: 84
• Glodis Perla Viggosdottir: 84
• Cristian Romero: 84
• Benjamin Pavard: 84
• Aleix Garcia: 84
• Benjamin White: 84
• Kadeisha Buchanan: 84
• Jill Roord TOTW: 87
• Serhou Guirassy: 84

Task 5: Les Blues

• Ewa Pajor: 87
• Serhou Guirassy: 84
• Benjamin Pavard: 84
• Phil Foden: 88
• Beth Mead: 88
• Glodis Perla Viggosdottir: 84
• Aleix Garcia: 84
• Cristian Romero: 84
• Yannick Carrasco: 83
• Victor Oshimen: 87
• Saki Kumagai: 83

Task 6: League Legend

• Phil Foden: 88
• Serhou Guirassy: 84
• Federico Dimarco: 84
• Dani Olmo: 84
• Aleix Garcia: 84
• Ewa Pajor: 87
• Benjamin White: 84
• Lindsey Horan TOTW: 88
• Victor Oshimen: 87
• Ellie Carpenter: 83
• Robert Andrich: 83

Task 7: 87-Rated Squad

• Yui Hasegawa: 84
• Phil Foden: 88
• Dani Olmo: 84
• Victor Oshimen: 87
• Saki Kumagai: 83
• Erin Cuthbert: 83
• Robert Lewandoski: 88
• Gregor Kobel: 88
• Marie Katoto: 88
• Antoine Griezmann: 88
• Federico Dimarco: 84

The estimated cost to complete the EA FC 25 Claude Makelele Winter Wildcards SBC is 225,850 EA FC coins. This exclusive Winter Wildcards promo is available for the next 30 days as of writing, which translates to January 23/24, 2025, depending on the timezone.

The Makele special promo card has a 4-star weak foot along with three "+" player roles in the CDM with one "++" FC IQ role. Meanwhile, the CM position possesses one Holding+ player role. On top of that, it has a Jockey+ PlayStyle trait along with six other playstyles. Using Engine chemistry might give him the right upgrade to fit into the current EA FC 25 meta.

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For more leaks and SBC-related content, check out Sportskeeda's EA FC 25 page.