The Swedish giants from Ninjas in Pyjamas have parted ways with one of their Counter-Strike:Global Offensive players.

The one to leave is the newly benched player ahead of the BLAST Premier Spring Groups, where his place was taken by the young talent, Erik 'ztr' Gustafsson.

The announcement was made by both parties, the player, twist wrote the following on his twitter acocunt:

" Officially a free agent thanks @NIPGaming for everything i'll miss meeting all the people at the office i wish you nothing but the best.

Uncertain where the future holds but im eager to get back to competetion!"

At the same time, the officials of the team, mainly the team Chief Operating Officer, Jonas Gundersen

" We've decided to release @twist from his contract, so he can find a new home, given all the hard work he's done here. He's got my highest recommendations in work ethic and being part of a team, and I sure any team who picks up will not be disappointed! Best of luck, Simon!"

The new team for Ninjas in Pyjamas is:

• Fredrik 'REZ' Sterner
• Tim 'nawwk' Jonasson
• Hampus 'hampus' Pose
• Nicolas 'Plopski' Gonzalez Zamora
• Bjorn 'THREAT' Pers (coach)

While the released player, twist, whom in the past played for teams such as fnatic, GODSENT, Lemnondogs and SK.Gaming, the fututre is uncertain for the time being.