Lin Cheng decided to give up Canyon+Showmaker's midfielder, not mainly to save money for the club, but because Canyon's style may not be suitable for Lin Cheng.
Canyon is a player with strong personal heroism. In the original wild core version, he was the world's number one jungler. In the wild core version, he mainly used carry heroes in the past.
When Niu Bao and Xu Xiu were able to give Canyon great support online, Canyon was able to carry the game very well.
But it must be said that Peanut does a better job than Canyon in being a dog to his teammates.
Peanut plays so cunningly. He can punish Canyon every time because he plays smart.
In Lin Cheng's view, since it is very difficult for the club to fight for Canyon and Xu Xiu, it is better to find a jungler who can be a dog.
Switching goals, KT's progress in contacting Cuzz was rapid.
After receiving KT's call, Cuzz didn't hesitate at all.
After all, he sat on the bench for T1 for a year last year, and his salary is not low in the LCK. Cuzz is too luxurious for the downstream teammates, and the upstream teams all have their own goals.
After getting favored by KT, Cuzz must consider whether this is his only chance in this life.
That's KT!
Where Lin Cheng is.
On November 28, KT officially announced that Cuzz has joined.
The forum suddenly became lively.
T1 fans were roaring with gongs and drums.
Cuzz who is not in T1 is a good Cuzz. I hope Cuzz can continue to work hard and harm KT this year.
KT fans are cautiously optimistic.
After all, the old T1 player Evert performed well when he came to KT, and Cuzz is not incompetent. I just hope that Brother Cuzz can be a good dog for Lin Cheng next season.
Cuzz is actually quite an abstract player. He has shown the duality of gods and ghosts since the days when Dragon Ball dominated the LCK.
It can produce a performance with a rhythm that takes off, and it can also produce a super cerebral hemorrhage scene.
He is very brave when he is brave, he is very cowardly when he is timid, and he is unreliable at critical moments.
However, with Lin Cheng here, it is impossible to rely on Cuzz at critical moments, so KT fans are not too worried.
Except for the fans of the two news agencies, the melon-eaters watched the excitement and did not think it was a big deal.
Could it be that the T1 rebels are about to beat up their old club again?
This year it will be the assistant, next year it will be Brother Kezi?
If T1 gets hammered by Cuzz, whom they dislike so much, in the new season, fans will probably feel more miserable than eating shit.
It's interesting to think about it.
You must know that the two people who defected to KT have had a great influence on T1 in recent years.
Last year, the minor assistant's live broadcast leaked the first year of T1's truck. The command chaos caused by Brother Cuzz the year before last created the first year of T1's palace battle.
If Lin Cheng really led the two generals to sit on T1's head and shit, I guess the fans would really want to kill him.
If Faker can't take people with him, will he take off just to be with Lin Cheng?
It makes me sad just thinking about it!
According to fans’ observations, Brother Cuzz is already gearing up to prepare.
Last night, the Thousand Points King's Game caused another bloody storm. Do you understand the value of Brother Cuzz's seven consecutive MVPs in the King's Game in one night?
After finalizing the jungler, Lin Cheng even called Cuzz to communicate for a while.
The two were friends in the game. Cuzz actually had a very good personality and spoke in a low voice, as if he was afraid of leaving a bad impression on Lin Cheng.
After all, he was used as a dog to Brother Khan when Dragon Ball debuted, and he was used to being bossed around.
On the same night that Cuzz joined KT, T1 officially announced that Faker had successfully renewed his contract.
Immediately, insiders revealed that Faker's new contract reached 6 million US dollars per year, which is equivalent to 7.2 billion Korean won, breaking the e-sports contract record that Lin Cheng had just set.
KT fans are a little sad.
Damn it! Cheng just renewed his contract with 7 billion won, and you came back and offered 7.2 billion won. Are you deliberately trying to overwhelm him?
You guys are waiting for next year!
Fans are like this, they even have to fight over the contracts of their favorite players.
At this time, the outside world still didn't know about Zhao Mashi's bizarre operation of 5 billion and 1,000 won for Lin Cheng, otherwise fans of both sides might have started fighting.
The impact of Faker's contract extension goes beyond the quarrel between fans on both sides.
Brother Li was obviously fed up with last season's rotation. When T1 officially announced the renewal of Faker's contract, they also clearly allowed other clubs to contact the team's mid laner Clozer.
Suddenly KT couldn't sit still.
Nong Shim's move to contact BDD was too fast. When Lin Cheng decided to give up DK midfielder, BDD had already signed a contract with Nong Shim. Currently, there is no good mid laner left in the free agent market.
Although Clozer's performance in T1's playing time was not top-notch, he was still considered an outstanding mid laner in the LCK. After asking Lin Cheng's opinion, the club began to contact Clozer.
However, things didn't go well.
Clozer himself is willing to come to KT and prove himself, but T1 won't let him go.
Because Clozer's contract has not expired this year, players who want to change clubs must obtain T1's approval. This is different from last year's situation where the assistant was kicked off first and then found a team.
When Zhao Mashi saw that Clozer wanted to defect to KT, he decided not to do so.
You can go anywhere except KT.
Paralyzed!
We are all brothers from the news agency. What does it mean to keep an eye on our people every day?
E-sports players' contracts do not include liquidated damages. After negotiations failed, KT had no choice but to give up its pursuit of Clozer.
Now the feud between the two clubs is getting deeper and deeper.
Seeing that it was already December and the midfielder was still undecided, An Haosheng discussed with Lin Cheng and prepared to take another look at the situation. If it didn't work out, he could only let the youth training midfielder Vicla take over.
Vicla is the most promising player in KT's youth training after Zeka. There is not much problem with his personal operation, it is mainly due to his lack of experience.
Lin Cheng began to consider whether to ask Mr. Kuro to come back and play for another year, and bring along the small mid laner.
But things soon took a turn for the better.
At twelve o'clock in the morning on December 4, while Lin Cheng was still checking his cell phone, his attention was suddenly attracted by a piece of domestic news.
Just now, IG mid laner Rookie suddenly posted on Weibo:
A free man.
Obviously, his contract renewal with IG failed, and leaving his email address later sent a transfer signal.
No one would have thought that Rookie, who had been with IG for 7 years, would leave IG. He had almost become the banner of IG, but in the end he still did not end up with IG.
From the beginning of Rookie to the end of Rookie, everyone in Incheon finally gave up.
Lin Cheng didn't care about the inside story and was keenly aware of this opportunity.
Rookie's contract renewal has been delayed by IG for half a month. The rich teams in the LPL have already decided on the mid laner, and the teams without money can't afford Rookie's salary. Is it possible to recruit him to KT?
Moreover, Rookie did not perform well last year. Even if the downstream teams want to vomit blood and sign Rookie, I am afraid they will be very hesitant.
But Lin Cheng has no doubts about Rookie's strength.
Last year's deformed Warrior version really didn't explain the problem. Many traditional mid laners struggled, including Faker.
After all, he is a champion player who has proven himself, and Lin Cheng feels that Rookie also wants to continue to prove himself.
He decisively called An Haosheng.
After the team gave up Canyon and signed Cuzz, the remaining operating funds are abundant. Currently, teams in the LPL that are short of mid laners cannot compete with KT.
But the question now is: Is Rookie willing to return to LCK?
After being in China for so long, Rookie has shown his love for life in China. His girlfriend is also in China. Is he willing to return to the LCK again?
No matter what, we still need to let the club get in touch first.
An Haosheng moved very quickly.
At 12:30 a.m. BJ time, Rookie received an email from KT.
"KT?"
The moment he saw the email, Rookie was stunned.
He never expected that KT would show interest in him, this is the club where he debuted.
At this moment, he thought a lot.
To be honest, if possible, he would like to stay and work in LPL.
He likes the atmosphere of the LPL and dislikes the workplace-style relationship in the LCK.
The real problem lies here. This year's contract renewal was pushed hard by the IG management. The other party's extreme price reduction made it difficult for him to accept, so he personally announced that he had become a free agent.
This timing is too embarrassing, and it may be difficult for other LPL teams to offer him a generous contract.
In addition, there is another point Rookie must consider.
His father's health is getting worse and worse.
In 2019, because his father was ill and needed to accompany Rookie, he missed IG games for a period of time. During that time, IG asked Jiao Tailang to take over.
Since then, his father has been in poor health. When the epidemic began in 2020, it was very troublesome to travel to and from South Korea. He has not seen his father for a long time and can only see the situation in the ward through video.
According to family members, my father may not be able to hold on for long.
If I go back to play for a year, I might be able to show my last filial piety...
Thinking of this, Rookie turned to look at his girlfriend.