Topson might be shifting again to Europe after T1’s TI11 flameout

Topson wasn’t a reputation many Dota 2 followers anticipated to see hitting the free agent market after profitable back-to-back The Worldwide titles with OG, however after he took a break from competing, he hopped proper again into the thick of issues. 

OG allowed the Finnish star to signal elsewhere and play as a stand-in as soon as he determined to come back again to Dota over the past a part of the 2022 Dota Professional Circuit—the place he ended up leaping to Southeast Asia and teaming with former OG teammate ana on T1. However now it appears like he could be again on the transfer and heading house to Europe. 

That roster had plenty of hype surrounding it as they ready to compete within the SEA regional qualifiers and later the Final Likelihood Qualifier to make it into TI11, however neither run ended properly for the rapidly put-together T1 lineup. Their run ended very early, with a fifth-place exit from the LCQ ending the season earlier than it actually even started for 2 of the three gamers. 

Whereas TI11 was wrapping up, Kuku, Whitemon, and Xepher’s contracts all expired and so they brazenly started looking for new teams. However the query nonetheless hangs over each Topson and ana—although the previous is currently a hot commodity within the switch market. 

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With MATUMBAMAN officially retiring from aggressive Dota after a third-place end at TI11, there have been a number of reports pointing to Topson taking the place of his fellow countryman on Team Liquid

On an episode of OG’s Monkey Enterprise Present, Topson confirmed that returning to EU was his dream. And, whereas he wouldn’t affirm {that a} return to T1 is out of the playing cards, it seems that the ship has sailed and he’s trying to transfer on in some style except one thing main modifications. 

With how Toposon’s contract is at the moment structured, OG may need the ultimate say in the place he’s really capable of signal except a buyout is negotiated. However with how the group operates, it’s seemingly they may see Topson signing with an EU rival as a wanted problem. 

There are nonetheless loads of different dominos that have to fall within the post-TI11 roster shuffle, however this has been one of the crucial constant rumors spreading round and in addition makes a few of the most sense simply from a one-to-one substitute for Matu. Gotta exchange one TI champion with one other, proper?

Author: Ronnie Neal