degster says he won't join a CIS team that isn't NAVI: "I prefer Europe"

16-6-2022 11:51

The in-form sniper cleared up speculation about his exit from Spirit.

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov got off to a good start to his adventure as a stand-in for OG in Lisbon, helping the international team to take a 2-1 win over Natus Vincere in the absence of Mateusz "⁠mantuu⁠" Wilczewski.

The Russian posted a 1.10 rating in the opening series, and following it, spoke to outlet Pley.gg and made it clear that playing on an international team is his priority.

degster sees this event as an opportunity to showcase himself

"I never said that I don't want to relocate from Russia," degster said when asked about minimizing his opportunities due to the way he left Spirit, explaining that it was the speed of the relocation, not the relocation itself that was the problem.

I never said that I don't want to relocate from Russia

Abdul "⁠degster⁠" Gasanov

"I just said to my organization that I'm not okay to live in Serbia. It is not impossible for me to be in Serbia in June and be ready. They asked me to move forward and be faster with it. That is why I decided to leave. I don't have this time and I felt that if I leave Russia right now, my home with a lot of stuff that I haven't touched in the last three months, I will not feel comfortable or in good shape, in my opinion."

Spirit announce degster departure *

When asked if he was open to leaving Russia for a team based in another country, degster stated that it depends on the offers and that teams "should contact me and we should speak about it." He shortly expanded, making certain that moving to an international team is the AWPer's priority.

"This [playing with OG] is a chance for me to show that I can play in a team that speaks English. As I am thinking right now, I will never join a CIS team," degster said. "Only if that would be NAVI, in other situations I prefer Europe more than CIS."

degster and OG continue their road at the BLAST Premier Spring Finals today at 20:00 when they face off against another international squad in ENCE.

pog + first

2022-06-16 11:51

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VP > NaVi as an org degster clueless, but he is young it's ok

2022-06-16 11:59

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delusional

2022-06-16 12:35

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flag checks out but VP not long ago owned part of navi

2022-06-16 12:37

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Same org that owns VP owned a part of navi* I feel like thats a huge difference

2022-06-16 13:17

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True

2022-06-16 14:04

they didn't own navi they had the rights over merchandise and media (or smth like that) in russia

2022-06-16 15:01

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Yeah, I dont really know the details, thanks

2022-06-16 15:03

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than stop talking about somthg u dont know shit about

2022-06-16 16:16

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gig-eh-chad laying the smackdown

2022-06-16 16:36

the fact that that org didnt "own" navi but rather handled marketing in Russia for them does not change my point in any way whatsoever

2022-06-16 16:43

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u and #100 have the same flag, that confused me, anyway #214 stays for both of you

2022-06-16 16:51

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Lmfao

2022-06-16 17:26

2022-06-16 18:02

As an org? Sure, debatable. As a CSGO team? Of course NaVi is on a different level than VP, that’s been the case since VP had a Polish lineup.

2022-06-16 13:07

vp xdddddddddddddddddddddddddddd shit org, 0 respect for legends. nt outsiders fanboy

2022-06-16 13:15

0 respect for legends? What? After what NaVi did to Zeus? kkk, VP never did poles like that

2022-06-16 13:23

vp did to poles even worse things.

2022-06-17 09:06

u a dumbfck if u think that

2022-06-16 14:23

The vp that supports the war and makes themselves villains when they get sanctioned? Sure

2022-06-16 15:54

lmao right, these guys can say whatever they want but atleast Navi is allowed to play

2022-06-16 16:17

I thought that he wanted to stay in RU but Spirit need to relocated and thats why they broke up. And now he says he doesnt want to play for any CIS team but NAVI... Im confused

2022-06-16 12:05

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I think he wants to take his time moving out and ensuring everything is in order.

2022-06-16 12:20

i think he wants to relocate to eurpoe but spirit said he had to do it RIGHT NOW and he said he needs a few months to get organised and relocate? thats how im reading it

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yep, that's what he said

2022-06-16 12:23

He said he had things to do and the gf too, maybe someone close has some medical problems or the gf is finishing uni or whatever so he need some months before relocation.

2022-06-16 13:51

he said he can relocate but needs few months before it because he and his gf have things to do before leaving russia

2022-06-16 14:15

He said something like he wanted to stay with his gf. I'm not saying he is lying, but the thing is odd. It's okay, he doesn't want to justify, but I think the "fast leaving" is more a polite way than anything else. Anyway, you don't need to bash your ex-teammates.

2022-06-16 15:48

read the article dude... "I never said that I don't want to relocate from Russia," degster said when asked about minimizing his opportunities due to the way he left Spirit, explaining that it was the speed of the relocation, not the relocation itself that was the problem.

2022-06-16 12:32

It wasn't the only reason another one was that he wanted to be a star player but spirit is a teamplay team thats why he left

2022-06-16 13:43

Get hades outt

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2022-06-16 11:52

actully a good point

2022-06-16 11:53

ENCE #1 with degster no joke

2022-06-16 11:55

that would make them worse

2022-06-16 11:57

it would ruin whole team chemistry bro

You guys are def shaking right now haha, because it's true if ENCE can get degster I think they will become /elite/, but ye if not maybe he could team up with jks

2022-06-16 12:03

yekindar+degster would be deadly in a cis/international team

+111111111

2022-06-16 17:27

Thats true, anyway degster is a lot better than hades and even on stand in role, if needed he will upgrade the team.

they need to replace hades sooner or later if they wanna stay at the top, hades isnt good enough

2022-06-16 12:07

1) the soonest they will consider it is 2023 2) it certainly won't be a player like degster, because hades is playing support, while degster isn't. Getting degster would literally mean there's either someone taking different roles, or one more change

2022-06-16 15:58

friendly fire

2022-06-16 13:58

I think it would ruin dycha chemistry with hades

where do you need that if hades isnt in ence

2022-06-16 12:17

Theres big problem -hades = dycha playing worse and clutch factor is gone

2022-06-16 12:21

That would be insane

2022-06-16 12:00

dont fix things that arent broken ence is on the rise

2022-06-16 12:01

agreed, + team chemistry is important

ence has peaked allready,they cant defeat top teams with just rush tactics.

2022-06-16 14:35

does he IGL?

2022-06-16 12:24

Ikr made a thread about it not so long ago.

2022-06-16 12:46

imagine trying to kick a player from a top 2 team wtf

2022-06-16 12:56

Just saying, that Ence might have some bad experience with making a player change and trying to become number 1, when they already have a top 5 team ))

2022-06-16 13:40

underrated awper

Nice

Gl degster

You never know actually If simple actually goes on a break degster might awp for navi

Yeah could happen

2022-06-16 11:54

Was thinking the same thing NAVI degster could very well happen

+1 would be reasonable for NAVI if degster is still available at the time. I mean he plays quite goot atm

2022-06-16 12:02

What would be the point? s1mple's break ends and degster is out again

2022-06-16 12:11

If good in navi= better offers afterwards.

Hasn't he proven himself already as one of the top awpers? Genuinely curious.

2022-06-16 13:44

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Even as a temporary player he would probably make a good amount of money in NaVi and maybe even win couple of tournaments to improve his resume even more and gain a ton of experience

2022-06-16 13:53

That's a good point

2022-06-16 14:10

I wouldnt say so. I mean I would for sure choose him over cerq,monesy, smooya and most other awpers, but he kinda just have made top4 with spirit at the major other than that he sucked back with MIR.

2022-06-16 18:34

and navi sells him for EZ money

2022-06-16 14:55

Degster is biased to s1mple because he always copying s1mple playstyle too in fpl

2022-06-16 12:55

Navi literally said they don’t want Russian players and the only reason they didn’t kick Perfecto and elec is just because they have no other options. So not happening.

2022-06-16 13:16

No Navi said they don`t want to negotiate with Russian organizations They allow Russians that will relocate from their country like Perfecto did

2022-06-16 13:34

yeah, the proplem is that degster quit spirit because he wanted to live in Russia, but he considers to play in Na'Vi or EU team

2022-06-16 14:37

He said he would move but still has things to do in Russia. swear down some of yo asses can't read

2022-06-16 15:42

Literally

2022-06-19 16:09

try to read the whole thing before spreading nonsense

2022-06-16 16:20

My bad, actualy bad reader ;(

2022-06-16 18:18

Why Navi? Navi right now has too many issues, both an org and a team.

Very cool mister degster

My guy left major semi finalists to join OG lmao

he is stand-in lol

I know but whay other offer can he get?

i think ence in end of 2022

2022-06-16 12:19

Hades signed a new contract with ence so idk if they are willing to replace him

doesn't mean anything

2022-06-16 12:29

That's not really a consistant level of spirit now is it ?

OG , Ence or Sprout ??

i can remember his great performance in the esl meisterschaft with sprout as a stand in but i am not sure if they would really consider to replace slaxz

2022-06-16 12:14

degster is 100x better than slaxz :D who the fuck he even is?? lmaooo

they just swapped two players and i dont think that they would really consider another change right now

2022-06-16 12:22

degster is way too expensive for sprout

Looks 34 is 20

dagestan genes

With -hades +degster move Ence can win a trophy at least

come to brazil mate

Literally said he prefers Europe

Yeah but come to Brazil mate

2022-06-16 14:39

MOUZ your chance is here

???? With 2 awpers? wdym torzsi carry this team every match, they dont need little update like that, they need real in game leader.

I don’t think Mouz should upgrade their awp Torszi is perfectly fine I guess you could say mouz needs to get rid of a dexter, not get one more

changing the awper is the last move they could make to make their roster better , there are like 6-7 combination of changes changes they should be doing before thinking of getting rid of Torszi

2022-06-19 16:33

-hades +degster then they could take 1 map against c9

wow, that'd be HUGE

2022-06-16 12:27

GOAT

2022-06-16 11:56

-> S1mple pointing out he wants a break -> degster says na'vi 1+1 = 2

nice maths bro

youtube.com/watch?v=N1TetLavxuA

Skrrrr

s1mple to streaming +degster to NAVI

2022-06-16 11:58

-mantuu +degster top5 team nexa don't screw it up don't try to save old rotted temple of pieces from aleksi

no worries, aleksi always destroys everything in quality way

2022-06-16 12:43

Abdul "Slapster" Gasanov

good

Huh?

Fnatic has such bad luck, man…

What happened with Fnatic now?

2022-06-16 12:36

interesting

Well, if S1mple is taking a break, maybe Na'Vi would be interested in picking him up as a temporary replacement until S1mple gets back.

2022-06-16 12:06

Navi won't sign russian players anymore.

2022-06-16 14:06

They did say that, and they don't want to pay a Russian org. But it's possible that OG buys him from Spirit, and Na'Vi would buy him from OG. I also don't think it would happen, just that's it's a possibility.

No1 wants to live in serbia my friend

2022-06-16 12:12

That was literally the issue, if it was Germany, ez move right away, for sure.

2022-06-16 12:34

what's the difference if the salary is standard?

2022-06-16 12:58

u don’t wanna be an abdul in serbia

2022-06-16 13:18

u don't wanna be a russian in europe except serbia

2022-06-16 13:24

-1

2022-06-16 14:07

I would pick Croatia over Sweden, but further east? Romania,Bulgaria, Serbia, I dont think soooo.

2022-06-16 18:36

Degster to astralis. How is his danish? 😂

2022-06-16 12:16

this reminds me of issaa at eternal fire xd

he needs some lessons from Pasha Copenhagen School.

Seems like degster don't know what he wants exactly and his departure from Spirit was a momentary decision.

I though the same, then I read the article :P

2022-06-16 12:28

He wants to be the star player basically like s1mple he wants everyone to play around him. He was unhappy that spirit wanted to play as a team without the need for a star player

2022-06-16 13:38

Agree, he tried to find a worthy excuse to leave and does not look like a selfish boy.

2022-06-16 14:17

+1 You summarised it nicely!

2022-06-16 13:57

ABDUL PLS JOIN ASTRALIS. BLAMEF NEEDS YOU

degster would be an upgrade for every international/national team except Vitality, NaVI and maybe c9

2022-06-16 12:30

It's funny to hear that he's only ready to go to Navi. He is not even in the top three of AWPer's strongest players from the CIS. How did he even think that someone in the CIS would try to take him from the top teams? Especially Europe, where the number of players in the sniper position is even greater

s1mple is taking a break only awper who could replace him is degster no one else

2022-06-16 13:55

Well most of the top awpers / better than degster are from CIS anyways except Zywoo and maybe broky. Id definitely would pick degster over hades, esetag, saffee, cadian, syrson (this is debatable tho), farlig, osee and so on

2022-06-16 14:01

where the number of players in the sniper position is even greater LMAO

2022-06-16 14:31

Nice! I was fearing he would join K23 or forZe and be forgotten in a couple of months.

2022-06-16 12:42

Reality is that he doesn't have that many options. Especially if spirit would want a lot of money for him (which might be possible). If you look at top30 teams with at least slight possibility: ENCE NaVi (if simple decides to take a break for whatever reason, so unlikely) Nip would be hottest candidate, but that would mean go international -> unlikely Spirit (sad but true :) ) Astralis (and that is SUPER unlikely) OG - that would be actually good fit, but mantuu also is not bad Complexity - THAT would be great pick. But they are not from EU (and actually big downgrade for him) , so i don't know... All in all, not that many good options, considering likely buy out almost none. Despite he's very good.

2022-06-16 12:44

Real reason of this departure is probably that he wanted a even bigger salary than Spirit wanted to give him. He thinks that because Spirit is rich with DOTA and they did semi-finals they have to give him a huge salary review, especially with its good stats at the major. That's why he wants to join EU or Navi, rich orgs. This "I don't want to relocate to Serbia because it's too quick, so I leave the org" seems blattant bs.

2022-06-16 12:50

He wanted to be a star player and have more freedom to work with

2022-06-16 12:59

if that's the case Spirit are idiots not paying him. he deserves it

2022-06-16 13:56

Yeah, he shows great results from summer 2021.

2022-06-16 14:54

"trust me bro"

2022-06-16 15:43

Traitor

2022-06-16 12:53

Cry lol

2022-06-16 13:14

Jason Lake needs to build a new CoL roster around yekindar and degster and base them in Europe

2022-06-16 13:00

+1 Yekindar Degster Jabbi Zyphon Hooxi

2022-06-16 13:03

WTF that's actually such a great looking team maybe if Heroic +jabbi than +jks

IGL? Maybe +Boombl4? Edit: nvm forgot about Hooxi

2022-06-16 14:21

Degster Yekindar Zyphoon Jabbi Valde JKS Valde niko NBK Buster there are plenty of good players our there for selection, this is a good chance for a big org to come into CS

2022-06-16 21:11

isn’t NAVI kekw Navi will never invite you but if they will, you will run like Forest

S0mple wants big break soon

This guy has some maturity to do.

2022-06-16 13:04

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he has adult reasons for his decision.

2022-06-16 13:13

Adult? No. Opportunistic? Sure.

This is super mature. Since he stays close to himself, his heart and his mind. You have some maturity to do.

2022-06-16 14:00

What are you talking about?

About your empty comment.

2022-06-16 14:52

"This is super mature. Since he stays close to himself, his heart and his mind. " this sounds like some facebook feel good quote that has absolutely no relevance in what i said.

2022-06-16 15:05

You’ll understand once you grow up.

2022-06-16 23:29

This is super mature. Since you stay close to yourself, your heart and your mind.

2022-06-16 23:54

Get lost - you’re buthurt he doesn’t wish to live in Serbia perse. His decision is made by heart and mind. Alot of players would blindly dive into this and regret afterwards. This is maturity. You’ll get it when you’re older.

0iq take.

2022-06-16 14:03

“This guy has some maturity to do” shows of much IQ?

2022-06-16 14:53

Im not gonna dissect you based on one comment you made however i will say if your take is 0 iq, which i did and it is.

2022-06-16 15:14

Okay man. Goodluck

2022-06-17 00:59

What? Staying in a country you don't want to be and not being able to spend time in his home is more mature than leaving a top10 team to do what you want?

Taking an entire country as an excuse for cashing out after one tournament run screams selfish and opportunistic. Not only that, but in the same breath says that he wont play for any CIS team and prefers Europe.

2022-06-16 18:06

degster snax jks yekindar siuchy igl

2022-06-16 13:06

Boombla igl and all is fine

Pley.gg does some decent interviews.

+degster but he russian so NAVI wont take any more new russians. sad :(

2022-06-16 13:08

NaVi doesn't care about nationality as long as russian player is ok with relocating.

2022-06-16 15:52

Yes degster 🙌🏼

s1mple needs his second major and mvp and a few more tournaments and at that point he can retire and live his life while navi can get degster

dont talk too much abdul

Standins dominating these days

based serbia hater

2022-06-16 13:27

2022-06-16 13:54

Perfectly fine and good decision.

2022-06-16 13:59

Slowly, but understanding that Russia is going to be isolated for years, if not decades, is started to be accepted by russians.

2022-06-16 14:30

The world wont last that long

2022-06-16 23:32

The world is fine, Russia is not

2022-06-17 10:11

CHAD move

boombl4 degster yekindar +2 CIS riflers? iBuyPower return to cs?

lack1 and buster will be good addition

2022-06-16 21:06

Degster should make a team with pasha, as he's the only pro player in cs that can withstand degster's slaps

2022-06-16 15:39

honestly og should sign him, or ence

2022-06-16 15:51

-jackz m0ny + yek degs

2022-06-16 16:19

wow.

2022-06-16 16:37

We lost a future top 5 player because we couldn’t give him time to relocate? Are you fucking kidding me Spirit…

2022-06-16 17:23

W for both in my opinion. Spirit still tier 1, degster to og for better pay

2022-06-16 23:31

I’m happy for Degster but I don’t think Spirit will remain top 10 without him. The only chance they have is getting Deko, I seriously believe Degster will be a top 5 player soon. OG would be crazy to keep Mantuu if they can get Degster instead though. They should lock him up ASAP