
Originally Posted by
SuperDunk
as milpol said, it depends if the players have a future at the club.
but from my experience bigger rating helps in competitive matches ( cup, CL and league) and recently in FA games.
I have an example in my team, a 7 seasons old defender (24) with high defensive stats vs a 4% better in rating defender i got from that event, and i am still keeping my old defender as a starter.