The Swedish team fnatic announced at the beginning of the week that they would send Jesper “JW” into inactivity. Vexella. The esports organization explained what the solution is – part of plans for a global restructuring of the composition. At the beginning of July, in-game leader Mykil “Golden” was also expelled from the active roster. Selim, who previously served as an in-game leader. So far, the management has not commented on its plans for the three remaining players or who can take the vacant seats.
This decision was made after the team suffered a number of setbacks in the first half of 2021. In the last four major competitions, fnatic has finished in last or second-to-last place. As a result, she dropped to 38th place in the HLTV rating – the lowest since 2017.
Fnatic manager and head coach Andreas "Samuellsson" Samuelsson explained the changes to the team as follows: “After six weeks of careful evaluation and hard work, we decided to bench Jesper. We spent many hours discussing which path to take to return fnatic to its former dignity, and now our decision is – gather an international team.” To date, JW has been playing for fnatic for more than seven years, and his contract expires at the beginning of 2022.
