The European based Counter-Strike:Global Offensive team of the North American based organization, FaZe Clan has announced the addition of two new faces.
After losing both their In Game Leader, Finn 'karrigan' Andersen and the coach, Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlstrom, the managers announced two replacements.
First of all the Dane will be replaced by the former Gambit Gaming player, Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev, he will remain tied to the team until the end of the first Major, the Intel Extreme Masters: Katowice 2019, an event that will kick off on 13'th of February 2019, after that his future in the team is uncertain.
Second the managers managed to grab the former Made In Brazil coach and long time analyst, Janko 'YNk' Paunovic, whom was hunted by the organization long before he joined the Brazilian side, in fact there was an offer battle between the two organizations at that time.
The announcement was made on the twitter page of the team were it is written:
"OFFICIAL: @AdreNcs will stand-in as FaZe CS:GO's 5th player through the Major, & @YNk has signed on to coach the team
✍️ Our first games with the new-look lineup will take place at the iBUYPOWER Masters in Los Angeles, California from January 19th-20th. "
Along side the statements, a picture of the two mentioned in the FaZe Clan jersey is posted.
With this, FaZe Clan now has:
- Havard 'rain' Nygaard
- Nikola 'NiKo' Kovac
- Ladislav 'GuardiaN' Kovacs
- Olof 'olofmeister' Kjarbjer
- Dauren 'AdreN' Kystaubayev
- Janko 'YNk' Paunovic (coach)
- Finn 'karrigan' Andersen (innactive/loaned to Team EnVyUs)
The first appearance of the new FaZe Clan roster will be in just two weeks time at the iBUYPOWER Masters, from 19'th of january till 20'th of january 2019 in Los Angeles, California, United States of America.