Team Spirit acquire powerful Russian duo

The Russian top team has announced the signing of the promising duo of Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov and Robert "Patsi" Isyanov. The two players join on a monthly loan from Espada, where they both was placed on the transfer list.

Patsi and degster were two of the cornerstones in Espada’s rise last year, to become a Top 30 team with especially the latter showing huge potential by averaging an astonishing 1.25 rating throughout the year. The lethal AWPer will replace Artem "iDISBALANCE" Egorov who has been listed on transfer, following the announcement of the new duo. Patsi will work as a 6th man on the already promising Spirit roster.

CEO at Spirit, Nikita Chukalin has given a statement regarding the transfers, saying that the loan deals can turn into permanent contracts, if they succeed at their loan spell.

"However, we have big goals to accomplish and to do that we need to become stronger. We will play our next tournaments with degster and I hope that he will be able to prove himself in our team. He is one of the most talented young players in the CIS and we appreciate the opportunity to work with him. If we succeed, Abdul will sign a contract with Team Spirit for the next few years.“

Chukalin continues by explaining the instruction of a new 6-man roster, and how it was a “logical step forward.

"In addition, to further bolster the team, we felt we also needed tactical changes. The introduction of a sixth player is a logical step forward. For several months we have been looking for a suitable young talent to add, and Robert is literally the best option we could count on. So far, he is only on a test period, but we wish him good luck and hope that our cooperation will become very fruitful."

Team Spirit are now:

Leonid "⁠chopper⁠" Vishnyakov

Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev

Boris "⁠magixx⁠" Vorobiev

Nikolay "⁠mir⁠" Bityukov

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov (Loan)

Robert "⁠Patsi⁠" Isyanov (Loan)

Artem "⁠iDISBALANCE⁠" Egorov (transfer list)