CSGO star ZywOo in talks with Vitality over new deal ahead of CS2 release Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/DexertoFrench CS:GO star Mathieu \u2018ZywOo\u2019 Herbaut has opened discussions with Vitality about renewing his contract, according to his agent. The 22-year-old AWPer still has over 12 months left on his contract but is already in talks with Vitality\u2019s management about a new deal, his agent J\u00e9r\u00f4me Coupez revealed on Wednesday, September 27, on S\u00e9bastien \u2018KRL\u2019 Perez\u2019s stream. The agent\u2019s comments come amid rumors that Danny \u2018zonic\u2019 S\u00f8rensen, Vitality\u2019s head coach, could be leaving the team when his contract expires, at the end of this year. Sources have told Dexerto, however, that negotiations between the Danish coach and the Vitality organization are still ongoing. Asked by KRL if ZywOo wants to commit to Vitality and become the face of the organization\u2019s Counter-Strike team, much in the same manner as Oleksandr \u2018s1mple\u2019 Kostyliev has become synonymous with NAVI\u2019s squad, Coupez said that it\u2019s all up in the air at this point. \u201cToday, I can\u2019t say anything,\u201d he said. \u201cHonestly, I think he\u2019s happy, things are going well, and it\u2019s the best team in the world. However, like any contractual relationship, discussions need to take place and we\u2019ll see what happens. \u201cWe\u2019ll see what happens with the roster, the coaching staff, if everyone wants to stay. That I don\u2019t know. There are definitely discussions; we\u2019ve seen the news. I don\u2019t have any info, I don\u2019t represent Zonic. \u201cAnd ZywOo, he\u2019ll decide what he wants to do. he needs to be happy. The player decides and I\u2019m here to guide him, to see what the best options are and to say what I think, and he\u2019ll make his decisions. In any case, yes, discussions are certainly taking place.\u201d An ever-present figure in Vitality\u2019s team ZywOo has been with Vitality since the organization entered the CS:GO scene in October 2018. He has gone on to establish himself as one of the best players in the history of the franchise, making HLTV.org\u2019s Top 20 Player of the Year Ranking every year between 2019 and 2022 in either first place (2019 and 2020) or second place (2021 and 2022). At the end of 2020, ZywOo signed a new contract until the end of 2024. Fabien \u2018Neo\u2019 Devide, Vitality\u2019s co-founder and owner, said at the time that the organization wanted to create a new cycle around ZywOo and give him the necessary tools to win a Major, Counter-Strike\u2019s most coveted title. His wait for a Major trophy finally ended this year as Vitality won the BLAST Paris Major, which turned out to be CS:GO\u2019s last Major as the scene will transition to Counter-Strike 2 soon. He is on track to be named the No.1 player of 2023, having already picked up three MVP medals this year, two more than any other player.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CSGO star ZywOo in talks with Vitality over new deal ahead of CS2 release Jo\u00e3o Ferreira\/DexertoFrench CS:GO star Mathieu \u2018ZywOo\u2019 Herbaut has opened discussions with Vitality about renewing his contract, according to his agent. The 22-year-old AWPer still has over 12 months left on his contract but is already in talks with Vitality\u2019s management about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37908\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}