Rumors: NAVI agreed to buy out ANGE1, Shao, Zyppan, SUYGETSU and d00mbr0s for $500,000

According to the BLIX.GG portal, the Ukrainian eSports organization NAVI has agreed with FunPlus Phoenix to buy out ANGE1, Shao, Zyppan, SUYGETSU and d00mbr0s for $500,000. In addition, "Born to Win" intend to include bonuses in the contract, which are estimated at six figures. At the same time, the club is negotiating with Acend to acquire cNed for the sniper position.

The original line-up of FunPlus Phoenix was formed at the end of 2020. Having undergone minor changes at the end of last season, the European team has become the strongest representative of its region.

In the last nine months alone, FunPlus Phoenix has won VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: EMEA Stage 1 Challengers and VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: Stage 2 Masters - Copenhagen, and placed second in VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: EMEA Stage 2 Challengers. In addition, most recently, the team took fourth place at the end of VALORANT Champions 2022, losing in the lower bracket to DRX with a score of 0:2.

It is reported that the assistant head coach will be LATEKS, who spent the last six months at the helm of Giants Gaming. Here, the 25-year-old Swedish specialist got into the TOP-3 at VRL 2022 Spain: Rising Stage 1 and VRL 2022 Spain: Rising Stage 2.

Recall that the NAVI organization got into the European League, where Team Vitality, Karmine Corp, FUT Esports, BBL Esports, Fnatic, Team Liquid, KOI, Team Heretics and Giants Gaming will also play.

Probable NAVI roster for the next VCT 2023 season:

• ANGE1
• Shao
• Zippan
• SUYGETSU
• cNed
• d00mbr0s (head coach)
• LATEKS (assistant coach)