According to Dexerto and Luís Mira, the CIS giants from NAVI have set their sights on Timur “buster” Tulepov as a potential replacement for the newly-benched Kirill “Boombl4” Mikhailov.
However, a transfer will only be possible if buster is being released from his contract with Virtus.pro due to NAVI being “unwilling to conduct business with the Russian organization [VP]”, NAVI COO Alexey “xaoc” Kucherov has said to Dexerto.
A new IGL in town?
In addition to the alleged interest in buster, the article also touches on the problematic in-game leader situation on NAVI following the departure of Boombl4. Here Kucherov (NAVI COO) explains that NAVI “is seriously considering the possibility of electroNic taking over as in-game leader”.
electronic (in focus) together with his long-standing NAVI companion Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Virtus.pro bench YEKINDAR and buster
Potential NAVI lineup:
Oleksandr “s1mple” Kostyliev
Denis “electroNic” Sharipov
Ilya “Perfecto” Zalutskiy
Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy
Timur “buster” Tulepov
Andrey “B1ad3” Gorodenskiy (coach)
NAVI COO on transfer rumors: We are not negotiating with YEKINDAR
