G2 Esports CEO, Alban ‘Stilgar’ Dechelotte, has officially confirmed the departure of its star AWPer, Ilya ‘m0NESY’ Osipov, as the organisation has agreed to transfer him to Team Falcons.
Although m0NESY’s contract was set to expire in December, G2 opted to release him early to ‘maximize their chance of rebuilding the team.’
In the historic move, the Russian prodigy will reunite with his former teammate, Nikola ‘NiKo’ Kovač, who recently lifted the PGL Bucharest 2025 trophy after a dominating victory against G2.
Fans will be able to see m0NESY’s debut under the Falcons banner at the upcoming BLAST.tv Austin Major, scheduled to begin on June 6th.
“I’m very sad to see Ilya go but I wish him the best and thank him for the magic moments he gave us,” Stilgar tweeted.
As per multiple reports, Team Falcons had been trying to sign m0NESY for quite some time. However, both parties were unable to reach an agreement, resulting in uncertainty about his future.
“It was obvious that he was becoming a bit disconnected from the rest of the team due to his situation and it was very difficult to have meaningful conversations with potential talents without the clarity around his future,” Stilgar wrote.
“Now that the decision has been made we are gonna make the best of the last three events of the season and work in parallel to prepare for the next season with ambition.”
m0NESY will be replacing Abdul ‘degster’ Gasanov on Team Falcons, who was named MVP of PGL Bucharest 2025.
“Sorry, that’s it. Thank you to everyone who supported G2 and me all this time. This was a chapter that made me stronger. People who will stay in my memory forever. A team that was my home, my second family. Thank you for everything. The story ends here. The story inside — never,” said m0NESY on leaving G2 Esports after three years.
G2 Esports is yet to announce m0NESY’s replacement, but according to a report by HLTV, the organisation is in advanced talks to loan Aleksander ‘hades’ Miśkiewicz from Monte.
