Counter-Strike: pita returns to fnatic, manne released

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By Mark 'XOXOmark' Emmerson

Jun 22, 2011 02:13

fnatic have announced that they will be parting ways with Manne "manne" Nordqvist in order to reunite with Faruk "pita" Pita.

Following a disappointing end to Dreamhack Summer 2011 after being shown the exit from the event by

Natus Vincere in the quarter-finals of the CS championship,

fnatic have announced that they will be removing

Manne 'manne' Nordqvist after singing him less than 48 hours ago, seeing the return of

Faruk 'pita' Pita to take his place.

Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon sheds light onto why the lineup change was needed in a statement issued to fnatic.com:

"It's been quite a rocky run for the Fnatic CS1.6 the past months, something that lead to Delpan's departure to SK, and pita being replaced by manne prior to Dreamhack.

Now, just a few weeks after we announced the changes in the squad, we have found ourselves in a situation where we will bring back Faruk "pita" Pita back to the squad and replace manne who served us during Dreamhack. Me and the team thinks that manne is a great guy with huge potential, however we realize that in the middle of the busy Summer season we need experienced players, that can boost our development to our normal standards.

Finally I would like to express my thanks to all fans that have supported out in both good and bad times, we are currently bootcamping in Gothenburg to make sure we go to Bosnia Herzcegovina as prepared as possible."

fnatic now house the following players:

Faruk 'pita' Pita

Patrik 'cArn' Sättermon

Rasmus 'GuX' Ståhl

Harley 'dsn' Örwall

Richard 'Xizt' Landström

After a long weekend of action, fnatic went home empty handed from the Dreamhack Summer event after losing to

SK Gaming in the grand finals of both WCG Sweden and IOL FINAL4, as well as being knocked out the Dreamhack CS championship after losing to

Natus Vincere on both de_train and de_nuke in the quarter-finals of the tournament.

The new fnatic lineup will be competing in the upcoming ~$15,000 Adepto BH Open from June 24 - 26 with the Swedes being drawn into group B alongside

visitors,

SR and

uberNation.

Official Announcement: fnatic.com