Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev is set to make a return to the server after a year of inactivity, HLTV has learned, when he joins Falcons on a loan deal.
Falcons' head coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen spoke of the need to make changes the moment after his team was eliminated from the Fall Final, and the first change is set to arrive with immediate effect.
The move was in the making for at least over a week, however, since s1mple was added as a substitute to Falcons' PW Shanghai Major Europe RMR roster before the lock on September 22.
s1mple will take the place of Álvaro "SunPayus" García in the starting five. The Spaniard, sixth in last year's Top 20 Players of the Year awards, struggled at the onset of CS2, but has been on the mend and has a 1.13 rating while in Falcons, only 0.01 off from his time in ENCE.
Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer
Peter "dupreeh" Rasmussen
Emil "Magisk" Reif
Pavle "Maden" Bošković
Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev (cesión)
Danny "zonic" Sørensen (coach)
Álvaro "SunPayus" García (banquillo)