EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors are four named football figures who guide players through different parts of the new social football world.
Alex Hunter, Kylian Mbappé, Chloe Kelly and Paulo Dybala each represent a different style of progression or activity, so the Mentor system is tied to how players explore The Grounds rather than existing only as background flavour.
Alex Hunter's role
Alex Hunter returns from The Journey and acts as a guide for challenges built around player development. His route draws on his own rise from prospect to champion and is positioned as a broad introduction to developing your Pro.
That makes Hunter the most natural mentor for players who want to understand how The Grounds progression systems connect before specialising in a particular playstyle.
Kylian Mbappé's role
Mbappé's mentor content is inspired by the suburban pitches of Bondy and focuses on small-sided football, agility and creativity. His activities fit the street-football side of The Grounds particularly closely.
EA also ties a Tier 3 AMP inspired by Mbappé to certain preorder content, making his presence relevant beyond the Mentor screen itself.
Chloe Kelly's role
Chloe Kelly draws on English grassroots football culture through kickabouts and other activities built around creativity, freedom and playing with friends.
Her route therefore sits naturally alongside the casual minigames and social side of The Grounds rather than the more formal stadium competition.
Paulo Dybala's role
Dybala's mentor activities are inspired by his move from Argentina to Europe and guide players through Clubs and stadium events focused on teamwork, Club identity and loyalty.
Across all four mentors, the important point is that each one introduces a different slice of The Grounds instead of simply offering four cosmetic personalities.
Across the mode, EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors give the new world a guided structure: Hunter for development, Mbappé for creative small-sided play, Kelly for grassroots-style kickabouts and Dybala for Clubs and stadium competition.
For new players, EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors act as thematic guides, with each character pointing toward a different kind of activity instead of simply handing out the same generic objectives.
The variety within EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors is deliberate: Hunter focuses on development, Mbappé on agile small-sided play, Kelly on grassroots-style kickabouts and Dybala on Clubs identity and teamwork.
That structure makes EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors useful for learning the world gradually, because the four routes naturally expose players to different systems and match styles.
From a progression perspective, EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors also connect personality with mechanics, particularly where Mbappé-inspired content overlaps with the Signature AMP system.
For Clubs-focused players, EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors are not all equally centred on stadium competition, which gives casual players and small-sided specialists their own routes through the mode.
Over the opening weeks, EA FC 27 The Grounds Mentors should therefore help players decide which parts of the world suit them before they spend most of their time in one activity type.
The four mentors also give EA an easy way to introduce future challenges without inventing a completely new tutorial structure for every activity. A development task can sit naturally under Hunter, while a small-sided or creativity-focused challenge fits much better under Mbappé or Kelly.
Nothing in EA's published material suggests the mentors replace normal progression or lock players to one permanent path. They function as guides through different slices of the experience, so players should be able to engage with the wider world without treating one mentor as a class choice.
The mentor structure should also make onboarding less overwhelming because players can encounter the world through recognisable themes instead of being handed every system at once. That matters in a mode combining Clubs, social exploration, small-sided play, progression items and live events inside one connected space.
EA details the feature in its official EA SPORTS FC 27 information.
