Sources: nexa exploring choices as he targets summer season CSGO return

OG benched participant Nemanja ‘⁠nexa⁠’ Isaković is weighing up his choices as he’s trying to return to exercise within the close to future, Dexerto has discovered.

The 26-year-old has been out of motion since mid-February, when he stepped back from OG’s starting lineup attributable to private causes and was changed by benched participant Nikolaj ‘niko’ Kristensen.

On the time, OG didn’t put a timetable for nexa’s return however it mentioned that niko could be with the group “for the remainder of the Main circuit”. nexa performed no half as OG certified for the BLAST Paris Main, the place it ended up ending in Twentieth-Twenty second place after profitable only one match within the Challengers Stage.

Within the final three months, no updates about nexa’s standing have been offered, however Dexerto is aware of that the participant is concentrating on a summer season return. Just like his teammate Shahar ’flameZ’ Shushan, he’s at the moment exploring his choices, together with remaining with OG.

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nexa with OG’s group on the BLAST Premier World Ultimate

Sources instructed Dexerto that nexa doesn’t rule out persevering with as an in-game chief, although he’s additionally entertaining the opportunity of shifting into a distinct position. He joined OG from G2 Esports in January 2022, taking up the captaincy from Aleksi ’Aleksib’ Virolainen, who moved in the wrong way.

Success has been onerous to return by since then, however in his first 12 months with the group, he was in a position to lead it to the IEM Rio Main — ending the group’s lengthy quest for a Main look — and to a semi-final run on the BLAST Premier World Ultimate.

For the reason that finish of the Paris Main, OG’s squad has been a fervent supply of conjecture. Questions stay in regards to the long-term way forward for star participant Abdulkhalik ‘degster’ Gasanov, who determined to take a while off from competitors after the Main.

And in line with a report from Blix.gg, OG are set to half methods with niko, who has been with the group since March 2021.

On the upcoming IEM Dallas occasion, degster might be changed by Romanian AWPer Iulian ‘regali’ Harjău, a free agent since Copenhagen Flames shut down operations.