fnatic moved smooya to the bench

British esports organization fnatic has moved smooya to the bench, according to Dexerto. The club made a similar decision immediately after the departure from IEM Katowice 2022.

smooya joined fnatic in test mode last October, replacing Jackinho in the roster. During this time, the 22-year-old British sniper helped the team win DreamHack Open November 2021 and REPUBLEAGUE Season 2, as well as take 7-8th place in the Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Winter.

From sources close to the situation, it became known that the organization decided to transfer the player to inactive after being eliminated from IEM Katowice 2022. Recall that fnatic finished playing in 9-12th place, losing in the decisive match to Astralis with a score of 1:2.

At the same time, the player himself managed to appear on Twitter with an ambiguous message, which symbolizes possible changes in the British career.

In addition, a day earlier, fnatic also posted a meaningful message noting the ongoing roster rebuild.

However, according to Dexerto, the organization decided to remove smooya even before the start of IEM Katowice 2022, and fnatic has already contacted potential sniper candidates, and a decision is expected to be made in the near future.

The team needs to make a decision as soon as possible, as the first European open qualifier for the RMR tournament will start on February 22nd. In addition, fnatic will take part in ESL Pro League Season 15 in March.

The fnatic roster currently looks like this:

• KRIMZ.
• Brolan.
• Alex.
• mezi.
• keita (coach).