According to a report by HLTV.org, Ninjas in Pyjamas are going to make yet another superstar signing for their CSGO roster, this time lining up a bid for fnatic’s star player Ludvig ‘Brollan’ Brolin. The bid will cost NiP around €600,000, or 680,000 USD should it come to fruition.
The move comes after inconsistent performances by the Ninjas in Pyjamas CSGO squad, despite the addition of Legendary AWPer Nicolai ‘dev1ce’ Reedtz from Astralis. Ninjas in Pyjamas were knocked out of IEM Katowice 2022 by Gambit in 7-8th place while fnatic went home ranked 9-12th at the hands of Astralis.
With the PGL Antwerp Major 2022 coming up in May, NiP have decided to ramp up their firepower once again. dev1ce has been out of action since December 2021, and the lion share of fragging output has been put on IGL hampus’ shoulders. The signing of Brollan would greatly help with that, once dev1ce comes back and phzy returns to the academy roster.
As a result of the bid from NiP, fnatic will be playing without Brollan in the first open qualifier for the first European RMR event for the PGL Antwerp Major. Just yesterday, fnatic announced that smooya would not be continuing with the roster and was benched, following that Brollan wasn’t part of the roster that played in the open qualifiers. smooya was replaced by fnatic academy player ‘regali’ while Brollan’s place was taken over by ‘Peppzor’
Brollan has been a part of fnatic since October 2018, joining the org as a 16-year-old. Since then he has been an HLTV top 20 player twice, #19 in 2019 and #15 in 2020. Still 19 years of age, he would be the youngest player on the NiP squad if he decides to join. Who he will replace on NiP’s CSGO roster remains to be seen.
