Vitality announce ZywOo contract extension until 2024

20-12-2020 20:08

Holograms of the French prodigy were spotted across Paris as the organisation confirmed that it will hold on to its star.

Vitality have announced that Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut is tied to the organisation until the end of 2024. The 20-year-old penned his new contract at the start of this year, but the announcement of the extension was made only on Sunday, days after the French team played their final match of 2020.

In celebration of the announcement, Paris was on Sunday illuminated with holograms of ZywOo projected on several buildings and monuments, including the Panthéon, Trocadéro, Montmartre and near the Arc de Triomphe.

ZywOo signed a five-year deal at the start of 2020

“Being a member of Team Vitality has always been such a natural fit for me," ZywOo said in a statement. "2020 was a crazy year and I know that having Team Vitality and my teammates support me was one of the main reasons I excelled. I am really excited to make this commitment and wear the Team Vitality shirt for another four years.”

The first player to be featured in HLTV.org's 'One for the future' article series about rising talents, ZywOo burst onto the French scene in 2017 with WySix and aAa. Due to his academic obligations, he became a professional only a year later, joining Vitality in October 2018 as the renowned French organisation entered the Counter-Strike scene.

ZywOo enjoyed tremendous success in his first full year as a professional player as he helped Vitality to established themselves as title contenders internationally. He was named the best player of the year ahead of Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev after winning five Most Valuable Player (MVP) medals and earning just as many Exceptionally Valuable Players (EVP) selections.

The French star has maintained a stunning level of consistency in 2020 despite Vitality struggling for consistency during the first half of the year. He will end 2020 tied with s1mple for the highest rating in the top flight (1.29), with the team currently at the top of the world rankings after picking up titles in IEM Beijing-Haidian Europe and the BLAST Premier Fall Finals.

"We are delighted that ZywOo has chosen to commit to being a member of Team Vitality," Vitality co-founder and president Fabien "Neo" Devide said. "A player like ZywOo comes along once in a generation and we couldn’t be happier to have him competing with us. Together with our performance team, we are committed to ensuring that ZywOo has the tools and infrastructure to continue reaching his full potential."

2020-12-20 20:08

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gonna be washed up next ear already... sorry zywho

2020-12-20 20:12

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Hologram. Pog

2020-12-20 20:14

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Nice

2020-12-20 20:22

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apEX mastermind

2020-12-20 20:26

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insane. whats zywoo new salary? 50k? 75k? maybe even 100k per month?

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32k

2020-12-27 18:33

insane. whats his new salary? 50k? 75k? maybe even 100k per month?

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15-20k i guess

2020-12-22 12:37

at least 20k

2020-12-22 14:38

old VP squad 5yrs ago had earned 20k, nowadays i think its at least 20k for such team as Vitality is with such sponsors

2020-12-22 14:40

next ear

2020-12-20 20:15

HAHAHAHAHAHA

he is already washed up hes never won a real event

2020-12-20 20:23

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Epicenter? Cs summit 4?

france 2 majors NA 1

2020-12-20 22:35

2020-12-23 00:03

he hasnt even played CS at all. zywoo is a valorant player after all.

2020-12-20 22:37

ECS

2020-12-21 08:49

2020-12-23 11:16

ZYGOD 1 REAL LIFE GRAFFITI S0MPLE 0 REAL LIFE GRAFFITI

2020-12-22 21:02

That's super long contract. GL ZywOo.

2020-12-20 20:09

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It's also for Vitality to secure him with a big buyout, I would guess something between 5 and 10 millions. Also I would guess that ZywOo's salary is one of the biggest if not the biggest in CSGO

2020-12-20 20:13

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you suggest much but flair shows you don't know.

2020-12-20 20:19

2020-12-20 20:25

Zywho is not the biggest salary NA salaries are ridicously inflated, I would guess Elige has the highest payroll of any

2020-12-20 20:24

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But when you also live in NA you have higher numbers but not more things. IN USA 6000 Dollar are equal to 2000-3000€ in Germany. When you have a shit healthcare or serious sickness the 6k Dollar equal to 500€ in Germany. But imagine being s1mple live in Ukraine with average income of 600€ or so and you get 20-30-40k+ per month.

2020-12-20 20:28

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Not saying his quality of life/happiness is bettter, point in case like you just said. But his salary is higher for sure

2020-12-20 20:29

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The numbers should be counted in value. When you work for NA org but live in Europe you made the best contract. Like BlameF. What does he get?? 1-2 Million for 2 years (that are rumours)

2020-12-20 20:31

Yup, he is the real winner of csgo. Who cares if he could've played on astralis. A fuck ton of money with a less lot pressure essentially

2020-12-20 20:32

>astralis >0 pressure

2020-12-20 21:45

He meant complexity

2020-12-20 22:25

I'd guess it's either NiKo now that he is on G2, ZywOo ( 60k rumor ) or s1mple ( undisclosed but I would guess 40-50k ) ALEX is also getting ridiculously overpaid ( his salary, including his signing bonus normalized on the duration of his contract, makes him a 40k+ player ... let that sink in...

2020-12-20 20:37

s1mple for sure gets >10k/month but not highest paid player, since navi can't afford it But ya cloud9 are also overpaid insane amount. Wouldn't be surprised if Niko is the highest paid player with his new contract either

2020-12-20 20:38

You have no clue what NaVi can afford. These CIS top teams are basically money laundering orgs, with very suspect ( to say the least ) oligarch behind them ( like the gas guy from Gambit )... I'm pretty sure he is getting paid 40k minimum or he would have left long ago ( especially when Mibr tried to seize him )

2020-12-20 20:42

This)

2020-12-20 21:24

NaVi is the biggest org in CIS man, no way their players are getting shit money..Just check their viewers online on each event (Dota and CS:GO) and tell me what sponsor would refuse to give them fatty contracts?

2020-12-20 21:46

If only skill = more money, i think most NA players (at least some on liquid) i paid up to 10k a month, as big of an org as vitality can be i doubt they can reach that salary

C9 is paying ALEX 43k/month. I think you need some update on players salaries. This isn't 2014 anymore

2020-12-20 20:34

It better be... The number of 60k/month has been floating around (per french insiders)

2020-12-20 20:33

still nobody will ask for zywoo since he wont accept playing in international teams. So only french org who can buy him is G2 but they wont since they went international with balkan roster. He will be stuck in vitality.

G2 is a spanish org... and btw Vitality (not only csgo i mean) is top5 of the richest org in esport...

2020-12-21 00:13

Yea i know i was just saying about french players. There isnt any other org that is tier 1 with french players. And btw - flamie +ax1Le would be insane.

2020-12-21 00:17

cant agree more! Ax1Le is a beast... but he is kind of the star player with sh1ro in Gambit... and s1mple will never let his starspot for another youngster

2020-12-21 00:19

Sh1ro is like s1mple 2.0, he is baiting to much. Insane player yes, but i would rather take a rifler wich navi need.

2020-12-21 00:21

well they got electronic for that... flamie's job isnt the same as Ax1Le... if you would make an upgrade to NaVi with a russian, its IGL with a switch between nafany and Boombl4

2020-12-21 00:22

hard to say zywoo has the bigest.I mean s1mple was in top for a much longer period and NaVi is one of the biggest esport organization.Don t think Vitality can give zywoo more than NaVi can give s1mple.

2020-12-20 21:20

Since he is the best player in the world atm. he for sure earns a lot.

2020-12-21 00:26

nice

Expected

Zywoo confirmed 0 majors lol he will be washed next year and won't be rank top 20 just like Coldzera disappears in rankings

2020-12-21 21:07

NA bait?

2020-12-22 18:14

not bait. he is only good online. watch his form go down once LAN comes back lol

2020-12-23 08:43

expected

POG

EZ BEST PLAYER FOR 2020 , 2021 , 2022 , 2023 2024

POGGERS

Nice! GL

zywoo deserves to win a major but for that to happen he needs to join astralis

nah he can do it with Vitality, Astralis is rlly strong but not unbeatable like 2018 rn

2020-12-20 20:11

True. I Think they Can be that again. But it requires they fix their lowest lvl.

it was a very hard year for them but they still won 3 events and nr.1 spot again.Trust me, they need a pause so gla1ve can make everything perfect again.I can't say the same thing about vitality.2021 might be the best chance for them to win that major, Astralis are not in form yet and they are on fire.

2020-12-21 13:11

Zywoo in Astralis = Most boring era ever

2020-12-20 20:57

it won't happen anyway. he can't sub for anyone in Astralis. everyone at Astralis are better than him

2020-12-21 21:05

my man

Don't ask me why I thought that but at first, I thought they announced Zywoo will leave Vitality lol

zywoo, jkaem, +3 more for new superteam

2020-12-20 20:16

zywoo, jkaem, bntet, neo (igl), grat

LUL Why would ZywOo join a team whose members are way worse skillwise ( save BnTeT ) than his current mates ? Also a team who doesn't speak french... Only team he should be joining, was the opportunity good enough are G2, FaZe, NaVi ( or of course Astralis should they hire a non dane ) or one of the few NA mega structures ( c9, Liquid ... ) under the right cirumstances. But I doubt it will happen considering his english skills and his age ( doubt he wants to leave France and his family )

2020-12-20 20:40

Agree. He's not got the best English skills (he often seems to avoid English interviews wherever he can) and he's probably happy where he is (a bit like Elige in Liquid). Vitality are a strong team and have all the tools in the backroom to be able to play well... I mean, they've allowed old players like RpK to get back to a high level as well

2020-12-21 14:37

congratz,best player.

fuck

LET S GOOOOOOOOOOOO

rip Vitality

2020-12-20 20:10

wdym?

HUGEEEE

ah yes the s1mple curse, to carry hard a team for 4 years

I hope he negotiated a fat salary

Imagine hoping when its obvious

Obv ? He’s shy kid with no experience in that matter lmao

2020-12-21 18:55

like he doesn't have an agent already

2020-12-22 18:10

ZyWoo making bank

4 years wtf

like s1mple in NaVi. he came in the ukranian org in august 2016... and i dont think he will quit it

2020-12-21 00:16

LET'S FUCKING GOOO

rip major chances

RIP

jesus

not sure about this zywoo

ZywOo gettin that bag

4 years?? are they crazy haha

Stonks If someone wants to buy him he has to have won the Euromillions and pay like 20 millions € i guess

Long time wtf

I hope he gets paid big for 5 years

Anyone got pics of Zywoo holograms?

cant photograph a hologram bro

2020-12-20 20:27

its on hltv twitter, check it out

twitter.com/1PVcs/status/134073609157024..

2020-12-21 01:29

Bad move, its esports and you should sign the shortest contract you can

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for a new team,yes but hes feeling good with vitality and his teammates

2020-12-21 00:09

Esports is a chaotic and relatively new industrie where thing can change, maybe rest of vitality become shit and he wants to go to faze in 2 years. No! Have to wait another year cuz buyout is 999 million and Faze can’t setup another csgowild or for some reason he gets benched and has to sit their for 2 years collecting some money but can’t grow his career

they can rebuild the team arround Zywoo

What I mean is that he can’t leave! Who knows what will change in 3 years. That’s a very long time in esports. He is stuck which could impact his career in a very negative way

why tf he leave man he cant be sad in vitality ,he lives in his country,he plays with frenchs, vitality can do everthing for Zywoo.Ur right at your point but its a different situation

2020-12-21 00:42

What do you mean? He is stuck in team while he could be potentially doing waay better somewhere else getting a lot more money and fame. What if the esports bubble grows and all pros Get 20k extra a month but zywoo has a contrast for the next 2 years! This situation looks good NOW but can change in days. Lots of people think this is good for ur bank balance which it probably is cuz it’s secure but then you’re just thinking about paycheck stealing, he might want to grow his fame and join another team.

2020-12-21 00:47

For me vitality is best for him but i respect your ideas

2020-12-21 00:53

Yes it’s best for him NOW but what I trie to say is that I can change very rapidly, in 1 year vitality might not be the best for him. That’s what I tried to say kinda

2020-12-21 00:59

He stated he prefer to join any french teams because he feels more comfortable. Every ppl has different goals in their career. Players always want to win but thats not the case. Look at VP, theyre massively underrated while some of 'em is already skilled to be in navi but they prefer to stick together.

2020-12-21 04:29

how much will he make?

Woah that's a long contract. GL GodwOo

navi 2.0

ZYWOOGOD > S0mple

surely one of the biggest contracts (in terms of monthly salary) in the scene

Such a long contract may not necessarily be a nice idea. It's not always easy to stay tied down. Hope it works out well for him :)

it's like in football, they renew the contract to rise the buyout and discourage other teams to pick him Giving him 2 years contracts would not secure him

2020-12-21 01:10

holy shit :D

wow zywoo like french god

Zywoo with the broken back after the end of his contract for carrying the French scene .

Happy the only french carry forever.

2020-12-20 20:20

Zywho 0 Major until 2024 kkkkkkkk

ez money

zywoo simple coldzera fallen and 3nzo

-3nzo +forsaken

+1 forsaken very talented hs machine

+1 played with him, very insane

2020-12-20 21:12

rip G2 ZywOo

Terrible move

why?

3 years stuck to an organisation, his buyout will be insanely high for teams to take him and if the team doesn't go well then he's fked, atm its good since the team is consistent but what if LANs come back and the team starts to place bad results and chokes in majors like the previous majors they played?

weII VitaIity is a huge org they wiII aIways buiIt a strong team around him

I'd hope so because he is very talented

what's his salary?

2020-12-20 20:17

I heard 35k€ a month

ez 2 million dollars in 4 years nice

2020-12-20 20:21

3k more than of average hltv user

Cloud9 will buy ZywOo -woxic +ZywOo

too late

vitality will choke until 2024 ok

i think those people from photo doesn't give a shit about that xD

2020-12-20 20:18

looking at it like 'wtf is this shit'

exactly

axaxaxaxaxa +1

2020-12-21 00:06

yeah cringe stuff

2020-12-21 20:20

why so much wtf, RIP ZywOo major

ZYGOAT

deserved.

Rip zywOo

Fucking slave!!!

its not even funny ...

Fisting for 3 years for 300 bucks

2020-12-23 16:19

csgo won't stay alive till then kkkkkkkk

unexpected POG

ez4 the goat of csgo

How much is his yearly salary?

the best ever

THE GOAT LET'S GO VITALITY

Rip if vitality turns to shit

OH NOO for fuck sake dude xddd When Vitality get bad it will hurt

scared for loose him, 2024 lul. zywoo hired cheap again

Godwoo

4 years kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk FURIA LIKE IT, good way to destroy a player

In general good choice by zywoo, but i dont think so, he will win major with that team.

this is the coolest announce ever. lets go GodwOo

avg player lmao

S0mple definition

2020-12-21 09:30

ok kid

2020-12-21 12:46

What a cool way to celebrate

Unexpected tbh

THE HOLOGRAMS POG! :OOO

Zywoo S1mple Device Niko Kennys

imagine beeing ZywOo right now, damn must feel good.

Easiest deal of their life.

deserves every single cent

3 years, damn gj Vitality

jheeze they dont do that for s1mple in Ukraine

extending the contract of the #2 player of the year is def good for now, but I can see him falling off from #2 to #30 real quick

Ukrainian Navi fan kkkkk

2020-12-21 09:32

Why till 2024? Why not just 1 year long,when lans come back things will change.

most likely because of buyouts, the longer the contract the bigger the buyout.

Thats bad imo,coz if Vitality somehow turns into sinking ship when lans come back there wont me many orgs that could afford his buyout.

Exceptional player

ZywOo rank #0 next year. LE 🐐

2020-12-20 20:35

2020-12-20 20:45

2020-12-20 20:36

EZ money bring laziness. Imagine zywoo drops any interest in developing because he get paid 3 years ahead

wtf zywho thats fuking stupid

so ez money for zywooo

Good

XI WU Top1 2020 s0mple overrated baiter

2020-12-20 20:51

2020-12-20 20:55

Long term contracts are not healthy

2020-12-20 20:58

2020-12-20 21:21

i hope zywoo wins major with rpk

2020-12-20 21:01

rofl, i think they will kick him(

2020-12-20 21:02

Smart move by Vitality. But I think Zywoo can regret because of this. I am a s1mple fan and I think s1mple is better all the way but Zywoo is awesome player too. Zywoo's teammates are old and there is no player who can replace these old's. s1mple has advantage because of all CIS are talking generally same language. Zywoo has only French's. Idk maybe they will consider EU lineup? lets see

he knows english now too

2020-12-20 21:26

France never had issue with talent thats why he believes this contract is the better deal.

2020-12-21 04:33

Good for Vitality!

2020-12-20 21:10

zywoo will regret this when the french team eventually falls into a slump like they always do. French teams historically can never stay on top for long. this means 4 years he's tied to some organization and cant do shit about it. 4 years.

Damn tied with s1mple, rankings this year about to be wild.

2020-12-20 21:13

Pog

2020-12-20 21:16

Cs is gonna be still alive for 2024???

If not csgo then a new CSon source2. For people like me who love fps but want to actually be able to use strategy and good teamwork there is no contender. Overwatch too casual and gimmicky. Valorent isnt awful but fps with ultimate seems silly to me, you can play so well and then your opponent presses a button and its gg. Cod is too brainless. Battlefield maps are too big. Who can compete with the niche that is counter strike?

2020-12-20 22:38

+1 but everything depends on volvo

2020-12-20 23:19

ZIZOU <3

2020-12-20 21:19

Lmao this is sick, there is Zywoo's face all over Paris

i dont know csgo still alive during 4years and i think valve will sleep until 5 year

2020-12-20 21:40

rip career

2020-12-20 21:41

MONEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

2020-12-20 21:52

ZywOo should've chosen G2

2020-12-20 22:05

G2 should've chosen ZywOo back in the days

2020-12-21 02:59

G2 didn't pick ZywOo because they thought he was cheating...

2020-12-21 18:42

Well... the same thing happened for kennyS as well...

2020-12-21 19:25

Zy who?

2020-12-20 22:30

Hang a picture of him in the Louvre instead of Mona Liza picture

2020-12-20 22:59

Its basically saying he will not leave Vitality/Vitality core while it last

2020-12-20 23:12

its basically saying they are going to pay him a shit ton of money to carry them

2020-12-20 23:56

we had the "5 year contract btw" meme now it's time for "4 year contract btw" in all fairness I hope he wins a Major tho

2020-12-20 23:23

more like 3 years, but yeah best of luck to him

2020-12-21 01:31

2021 2022 2023 2024 at the end of 2024 it will be 4 years

2020-12-21 10:45

you are right, i just read the title and thought it was until the start of 2024, my bad.

2020-12-21 16:50

GOD zywoo

2020-12-20 23:52

Nice news :) <3

2020-12-21 00:00

Congrats to zywoo so insane to have ur image projected onto national monuments

2020-12-21 00:15

"mum thanks to you. i got my school degree, and because of you I was one year late to be pro. but now, i'm greatful, and i will buy you a new house now." 2020 isn't that bad for some people edit: nice business moove from vitality. 4years contract to ZywOo before the HLTV TOP#1... no more negociation for the salary :D

2024? will csgo exist until then??

2020-12-21 06:39

he will just play valorant for vitality when they switch kekw

2020-12-21 11:32

kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkjjk

2020-12-21 17:02

Smart play from Vitality. If the past 2 years have been any indication of ZywOo’s future, good things will happen.

2020-12-21 06:40

Signing a four year contract is dumb. Unless the money is just so stupid no one would ever match it. (60k + a month) But even that line of thinking is dumb because it's Zywoo and a team like G2 could theoretically match it. Good for Vitality as an org though. Great even. Lock up the best player in the world for four years with what's likely a 2 million dollar buyout or thereabouts.

2020-12-21 08:04