On Tuesday, Natus Vincere announced that several players who were previously on its youth roster are now up for transfer. Kirill "Gospadarov" Gospadarov, Ivan "kapacho" Koplenko and Alexey “Topa” Topchienko will leave the NAVI Junior roster. These three players have participated in the youth team since 2019. It was largely thanks to them that NAVI Junior were able to successfully compete against Gambit Youngsters in August 2020 at the Eden Arena Malta Vives Cup.
Team coach Amiran “aMi” Rekhviashvili, in a statement on the team's official website, noted that over the past year and a half, the members have gone through a lot together, and during this time they have grown noticeably both as players and as individuals. He noted that, for its part, NAVI will make every effort to help esports players find a new team.
The starting lineup of the youth team will include players from both rosters - NAVI Youth and NAVI Junior. One of the team leaders Alexey "xaoc" Kucherov mentioned that the esports organization will be accepting applications from young players who want to join one of these teams throughout the year. A separate website will soon be launched for this purpose. Currently, NAVI Academy consists of seven e-sportsmen from Russia and Ukraine.
