Falcons Targeting HEROIC Core to Join NiKo & Magisk in 2025

After failing to qualify for the Perfect World Shanghai, Saudi Arabian organization Team Falcons' Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) squad got gutted, as they dropped three players and decided not to renew the loan contract with NAVI for Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyljev. 

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There have been a lot of rumors and news regarding Team Falcons' roster rebuild, and while it is all-but-confirmed that G2's Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač will join Danish legend Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, there are three more spots to fill.

That's where the core of HEROIC, René "⁠TeSeS⁠" Madsen, Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov, and Damjan "⁠kyxsan⁠" Stoilkovski come in. According to reports, Team Falcons is in discussion with HEROIC to sign the above-mentioned players.

This news was reported by Guillaume 'neL' Rathier and HLTV, noting sources with knowledge of the situation. While these reports are solid, one should always take information with a grain of salt until Team Falcons officially announces their CS2 roster in early 2025.

Falcons close-in on Heroic trio (kyxsan, degster, TeSeS). Here is my report.

While Falcons were eagerly awaited on the transfer market, their failures to recruit 🇷🇺 Ilya “m0NESY” Osipov and 🇫🇮 Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo seriously slowed down their project. Organizations were either…

— neL (@neLendirekt) December 29, 2024

If the reports turn out to be accurate, the Team Falcons for 2025 could look like this:

• Nikola “NiKo” Kovač
• Emil "Magisk" Reif
• Damjan "kyxsan" Stoilkovski
• René "TeSeS" Madsen
• Abdulkhalik "degster" Gasanov
• Danny "zonic" Sørensen (Coach)

That's a powerhouse of a roster if I've ever seen one, at least on paper! More news on the Team Falcons roster is expected soon, so we'll definitely hear more early in 2025.

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