In a statement, organisation head Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez has confirmed the biggest shake-up in G2 Esports history.
“It’s very, very hard to make these changes,” Carlos “ocelote” Rodriguez stressed at the beginning of the video message in which he announced the biggest shake-up in G2 Esports’ history. As the organisation’s CEO announced on Twitter on Monday evening, top laner Wunder, ADC superstar Rekkles, supporter Mikyx, analyst Nelson and head coach Grabbz will be leaving the LoL team. Efforts are currently being made to sell them. Efforts are also being made to replace the rest of the support staff, according to ocelote.
The decision was made after long internal discussions, says ocelote. At the same time, the CEO also stressed that the result of the 2021 season had not been satisfactory when they failed to qualify for the Worlds. “We want to win the Worlds. Everything we have done since G2 was founded, we are doing to win the Worlds,” ocelote said. It is for this reason that the team is now embarking on a new era.
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The outgoing players would not be given any obstacles, he said. “It is in our best interest that they end up somewhere where they can continue to be successful,” ocelote said. “We will not block any transfers. Now is the time to rebuild things,” says the G2 boss. Although names are not mentioned, this rebuilding of the team is likely to happen around jungler Jankos and mid-laner Caps. Their likely retention in the team had previously been reported.
End of a successful era
The departure marks the end of an era in European League of Legends history. Wunder, Mikyx and Grabbz won all the LEC titles with the team in 2019 and 2020, as well as the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, the same year they reached the World Championship final against FunPlus Phoenix.
Rekkles had only joined the team in early 2021. Where it will go for the ADC superstar, who has been active for over 9 years, is still an open question. In addition to rumours of a move within the LEC, there is also said to be interest from North America and even China.
