Report: Wildcard closing in on Swedish duo
Multiple sources have informed Dust2.us and Dust2 Sweden that Wildcard is set to add Swedish duo Love "phzy" Smidebrant and Tim "susp" Ångström in an ambitious move that sees the organization bring in international elements. In the duo's place, Wildcard to part ways with recent addition Adam "Grizz" Golden and AWPer Keller "SLIGHT" Nilan, who is the final remaining piece from the roster Wildcard entered CS:GO with in April 2023.
Dust2.us understands that negotiations for phzy have been on-going for approximately a month with susp coming into the fold later on. Both players have strong international pedigrees with phzy spending time in the NIP organization, Sangal, and most recently Asian squad Rare Atom. susp has been a revelation in the recent months as part of a Metizport team that burst onto the scene during the spring 2024 season.
Wildcard will continue to represent the North American region with Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz and Josh "JBa" Barutt, with the squad also retaining South African rifler Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek. The organization will remain located in North America and can represent the region in the Americas RMR in accordance with Valve's rules regarding the home base of the lineup.
Additionally, because the squad no longer has a regional majority, they can pick which region to represent with the two North Americans, two Europeans, and one African player who would belong to the Asian region for the RMR process.
Dust2.us has reached out to Wildcard for comment on the story, but did not hear back by the time of publication.
Wildcard is set to consist of:
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Peter "stanislaw" Jarguz -
Josh "JBa" Barutt -
Aran "Sonic" Groesbeek -
Love "phzy" Smidebrant -
Tim "susp" Ångström
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João "horvy" Horvath (Coach)
