Current Mousesports Squad:
Fatih "gob b" Dayik - Team Captain
Chris "chrisJ" de Jong
Denis "denis" Howell
Johannes "nex" Maget
Timo "Spiidi" Richter
Nikola "mouz LEGIJA" Ninic - Substitute
Nikola "mouz NiKo" Kovac - Substitute
PENTA decided to rebuild their squad around kRYSTAL and booted enkayJ. Joining kRYSTAL will be strux1 and troubley (who both had already played for PENTA a while ago), furthermore stavros and tabseN will complete the lineup.
Current PENTA Squad:
Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend
Hendrik "strux1" Goetzendorff (captain?)
Tobias "Troubley" Tabbert
Dimitrios "stavros" Smoilis
Johannes "tabseN" Wodarz
Statements (translated):
Johannes "nex" Maget (mouz):
"I am very happy to finally play for the best German team again and am also very glad to tackle our new challenge. The very experienced Fatih "gob b" Dayik has a very great influence on the team and mouz was already able to demonstrate their new strength in Dallas. Our new lineup is very ambitious and we will work very hard to not only fulfill our own expectations but also those of our fans. It is time to lead a German Counter-Strike-Team to the top. I want to thank PENTA for their past support, but also my new team mousesports and our sponsors BenQ & EpicGear. I am very proud to wear the red mouz-jersey again."
Hendrik „strux1“ Goetzendorff (PENTA):
„It is with great joy that I can announce getting another chance to play for PENTA Sports and build a brandnew team. The old core of PlanetkeyDynamics will be reunited with Troubley, stavros and myself. Joining us will be kRYSTAL and tabseN, two household names and very strong German players. I am looking forward to the coming challenges and am sure that every player will do his best for the team. I thank PENTA Sports for their trust and will attempt to lead the team to long-term success."
Andreas „morpheuZ“ Schaetzke (CMO - PENTA Sports):
„It is now official! After long talks and much back and forth, we are announcing the release of Denis, nex and spiidi to mousesports. After ESL One in Katowice we had a common dream of a German lineup. Sadly it was impossible to achieve it short-term with PENTA and we did not want to refuse our 3 players their chance. We hope that they have found the perfect lineup and wish them the very best.
Of course PENTA Sports has to present a new lineup now as well. From the very beginning it was important for us to find a lineup, with whom we could cooperate long-term. That is the necessary foundation we strive for and can also offer the team. The goal is clear: After a transition period we are aiming for a full-time, highly motivated, CSGO-Team, able to advance the German scene with our full support in the coming months.
I want to thank all parties of this trade, especially Hendrik for the quick and easy cooperation. It might be clear, that some people in the scene will have a different impression from the outside, but we want to stress that we are supporting our new lineup 100% as we always did with our teams."
There are also statements from spiidi and denis on mousesports.de
Fun fact, both sides will face each other in the ESL ESEA Pro League in about 15 mins :D
Quite the blow for PENTA to be honest. On the other hand the dream of a strong German side in CS:GO is going strong over at mousesports.