KaiR0N- and Virtus.pro part ways

14/4/2023 - 21:15

The move comes just days following Virtus.pro's sudden decision to replace Aleksandr "⁠KaiR0N-⁠" Anashkin with David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan in the middle of the team's campaign at the BLAST.tv Paris Major Europe RMR.

Virtus.pro has announced that KaiR0N- has departed the organization following a "mutual agreement of the parties." The Russian only spent three months with the team, having replaced n0rb3r7 in January.

The 19-year-old himself has taken to Twitter following the announcement to apologize to fans for "the worst results we could show," saying they came as a result of there being pressure "on all of us." He also shared that he is now a free agent and "ready to get any possible offers from NA/CIS/EU."

KaiR0N- leaves VP after just three months

KaiR0N- leaves the organization just six days after Virtus.pro failed to qualify for the BLAST.tv Paris Major, recording just one win in four matches at the Europe RMR A tournament.

KaiR0N- however didn't play with the team in their elimination series against MOUZ. After Virtus.pro went 1-2 on the opening two days of the competition, they made a shock decision to swap out the 19-year-old for their benched player, n0rb3r7, who had last played with the team in an official capacity nearly four months prior.

In explaining the unprecedented move, VP CEO Nikolai Petrossian said the decision was made because "young players do not immediately adapt to the pressure of LAN events, especially important ones like RMR." The swap did little to change Virtus.pro's fortunes, as they got outclassed by MOUZ in the following match.

Virtus.pro swap out Kair0N- for n0rb3r7: "Young players do not immediately adapt to the pressure of LAN events"

The move was met with widespread criticism after KaiR0N- was the team's statistically second-best player at the RMR, to which the organization responded in part in a statement by saying "CS:GO is a team game where interaction, communication, consistency and other such factors are more important than personal skill."

The future of the team is currently up in the air, as on Thursday Virtus.pro withdrew from IEM Rio less than a week ahead of the competition's kick-off, citing the team's current shape as the reason. "We believe that in the current shape, participation in the tournament will not bring satisfaction to either the team or the fans. Therefore, we are committing to enhanced training," the statement read.

After withdrawing from the Brazilian tournament and failing to qualify for the Major, Virtus.pro's next stop will be at IEM Dallas, taking place on May 29-June 4.

Virtus.pro have the following squad:

Dzhami "⁠Jame⁠" Ali
Alexey "⁠Qikert⁠" Golubev
Evgenii "⁠FL1T⁠" Lebedev
Petr "⁠fame⁠" Bolyshev
David "⁠n0rb3r7⁠" Danielyan

Dastan "⁠dastan⁠" Akbayev (coach)

which team will pick him up?

2023-04-14 21:16

70 replies

i hope big

2023-04-14 21:18

43 replies

big -who?

2023-04-14 21:20

14 replies

faven

2023-04-14 21:23

8 replies

actually huge pickup, if BIG doesn't qual to major, should deffo do it.

2023-04-14 21:47

7 replies

even if they qual to major they need -faven -hyped

2023-04-14 21:55

6 replies

hyped is good, this major rmr is his first lan and hes putting up numbers

2023-04-14 23:26

1 reply

I agree, he gives them kinda a new identity, cuz he is super mobile as an AWPer, something that we didn't see with syrsoN, I actually really like how he plays and reads the game(Don't know how much is it up to gob b and tabsen), but judging how he moves mid round, its really promising And Kairon, i think if he can get clean germans comms is super huge pickup for BIG

2023-04-14 23:29

Hyped is doing great, second best academy league awper in t1.

2023-04-14 23:38

3 replies

who is 1st?

2023-04-15 13:04

2 replies

statistically probably artfrost but idk too much abt academy teams

2023-04-15 14:42

okay thanks me neither

2023-04-15 14:47

-k1to bc role overlap or -faveN, althought i think big still want to be a full german roster

2023-04-14 21:46

4 replies

kairon is german & russian.

2023-04-14 21:54

Kairon is half german and speaks fluently

2023-04-14 23:39

interesting...

2023-04-15 08:04

That's why everybody was mentionning him

2023-04-19 11:11

Does kair0n know german?

2023-04-14 21:32

26 replies

a little bit only, might be enough for cs comms

2023-04-14 21:40

24 replies

wtf are you talking. he is a russian born in germany. stop talking out of your ass.

23 replies

Russian born in Germany is German

2023-04-14 22:02

16 replies

nt newworlder

2023-04-14 22:06

10 replies

If you're born and registered somewhere, you get citizenship of that place. Even if your parents are immigrants. To get your parents nationality, you need to apply for dual nationality.

2023-04-14 22:08

9 replies

Bs information ahaha. Germany doesn't grant citizenship on birth. In fact I think many European countries don't.

2023-04-14 22:12

bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/faqs/EN/topics/mi..

2023-04-14 22:22

I mean, that literally states that he is only granted German citizenship immediately if one of his parents is German, not if he is just born in Germany to foreign parents

2023-04-14 22:25

"Germany doesn't grant citizenship on birth" It does, if you follow the requirements. So #137 is false anyway.

2023-04-14 22:29

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He still absolutely has a point because the restrictions for citizenship at birth are quite strict. Arguing that his statement fundamentally is wrong because despite of that would be semantics in my opinion.

2023-04-14 22:32

It's not strict, just live there for enough time. I'm assuming kairon just wasn't born there during a trip.

2023-04-14 22:35

You underestimate german bureaucracy^^

2023-04-14 23:21

Hey mate, ur talking with German and he knows german system better than you. Just admit the fact.

2023-04-15 06:13

You basically contradicted your own argument. " On birth " = only condition you have to fill is to be born there. It's also called birthright for a reason. Stop embarrassing yourself .

2023-04-19 11:13

I had a mouse born in a stable, now hes a horse.

2023-04-14 22:43

2023-04-14 22:50

Nop, brazilian laws follow jus solis rules, but italy, France, german and another europe countries follow jus sanguinis rules, which means doesn't matter where you were born, you are initially from your parents country

2023-04-15 01:45

Most of the countries you named allow dual citizenship for people who were born in another country though

2023-04-19 11:16

yes, however isn't automatic, you must request it

2023-04-21 20:32

why are you mad at me? I've heard him speak in an interview

2023-04-14 22:13

He spoke some german on stream once, it was not that great

I doubt it would takes ages for him to speak fluently though

2023-04-19 11:17

since when Nationality becomes a matter for BIG

2023-04-15 08:05

It doesn't as soon as player can communicate German and not be from Russia (cause of sanctions) ?

2023-04-15 10:32

Actually I forgot about that. Someone in this thread said that kairon speaks german fluently enough to play CS. I hope there comes a time when organizations don't have to worry about nationality...

2023-04-15 10:49

He looks german af

2023-04-17 15:08

Big if true

2023-04-14 21:51

he has German citizenship so BIG should def have a look

2023-04-14 21:19

19 replies

why hltv shows that he is ru citizen?

2023-04-14 21:38

18 replies

i think he has dual citizenship, both Russian and German.

2023-04-14 21:41

17 replies

it is not possible

2023-04-14 21:42

explain why its not possible

Germany doesn't allow dual citizenship, which is retarded imo

I have both German and Russian citizenship and I don't know what you're talking about

2023-04-14 22:05

I met a dude literally last night who said he had dual US and German citizenship. I may have misinterpreted him or something tho

2023-04-14 22:49

Sorry, I should've said with Russia

2023-04-15 01:02

Ohhh ok. Makes more sense

2023-04-15 01:16

My brother in law is from Germany and he has dual citizenship, my nephew also has dual citizenship and he isn't from germany.

2023-04-14 23:18

#211

there are weird conditions for both Germany (stricter) and Russia to accept dual citizenship, and US also kinda-accept (complicated, but de-facto okay)

2023-04-14 23:34

but doesnt that just apply to people who try to apply for the citizenship? afaik kair0n has german parent so he should automatically have the citizenship. or maybe it was that he was born in germany and the first google search gives this answer "Since 2000, children born in Germany to foreign parents acquire German citizenship at birth in addition to the foreign citizenship of their parents". ps. too lazy to do any real research about germany since i dont actually care

2023-04-14 23:52

They allow it only if you were born on the other country of the dual citizenship

Why not

its not possible to have dual citizenship in russia only with tajikistan

You are probably talking about countries with which the Russian Federation has concluded an agreement, but this does not take away your right to have a second citizenship of Israel (for example)

it's not allowed "by jurisdiction" but technically you can consider yourself german-russian if you have parents of both nationalities or you're born and raised in a different country.

2023-04-14 23:47

One of his parents are German so he can

2023-04-15 07:29

not t1 one

2023-04-14 21:22

no shit... guy has barely 3 months to prove himself on a failing roster

2023-04-14 21:29

his time in vp kind of gave him bad background however i personally think hes capable of playing t1 at very decent level

2023-04-14 21:36

imagine kicking the best statistically player on your team lmaoooooo

2023-04-14 22:33

Cloud9, they will pick him after major failure -nafany +him and Hobbit IGL

2023-04-15 10:14

Hopefully Ence, Mouz or OG. Would love to see him in NiP but he does not bench someone on that roster (over aleksib ofc but aleksi is igl)

2023-04-16 09:02

rip

unlucky

rip :(

lul

Dumb decision to bench n0rb3r7 in the first place

nah, kairon much better than norbert. he just doesn't follow "buy me awp" orders and doesn't fit in their passive style

2023-04-15 00:43

if he doesnt fit the team how is he much better lol

2023-04-17 17:47

Nah n0rb3r7 is the problem, when he performs he does decently, sometimes he top frags. but when n0rb3r7 bombs he does worse than qikert.

2023-04-15 07:17

#justiceforkair0n

lmao cringe

Thats what happens when you bench your player 1 month before the major...

???? what

2023-04-14 21:17

Sad

Lmao

he was best player in team? or i miss something

2nd best but undeserved kick

clown team

norbert 1 major kairon 0 major know Your place

kairon 1 capital norbert 0 capital

hltv.org/news/35592/kair0n-on-tier-one-i.. kekw

He was right. He performed just fine.

lmao

2023-04-15 00:13

He was 2nd best perfomer being the new one in a roster falling out from grace.

2023-04-15 00:44

What a strange decision.

+interz when

-entry +support?

when -qikert happens but idk if it ever will

2023-04-14 23:32

It happened actually they are practicing whit norb and JIaYm without Qikert

2023-04-15 00:39

who's JIaYm? curious

2023-04-15 14:46

A player from FORWARD you can check him up

2023-04-16 00:00

XDDD

-qikert

-qikert also

Where will ze goat go now?!

Wtf

1Win time, as it was supposed to be. -nickleback El Goblinho deserves better anyway

12 replies

Oh yes -igl +starplayer we know this always works lol

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1win have 2 IGLs in their ranks and the other one has achieved more as a captain than the current ever would

he said he didn't want to igl tho

2023-04-14 21:27

Now he has to igl because LoOuU2 said so tho

2023-04-14 21:45

He did indeed but he should tho , both him and Nickelback bring nothing in terms of firepower but two extra brains while one can do the job .

2023-04-14 21:53

Cuz he was IGL for prime NaVi lol. Also #53

2023-04-14 21:37

Prime NaVi for sure but the prime was with him. NaVi didn't achieve as much before him nor ever since he got removed

They were on the downfall even before he got removed. You put NickelBack in his place and he would have won a major too.

2023-04-15 01:26

Sure , if you say so. We can already see how NaVi are at times without an actual IGL and keeping the same 4 but sure , if you say so .

2023-04-15 01:48

he's avg igl... just deal with it lol

2023-04-15 08:45

s1mple’s motivation & electronic to IGL instead of signing one to play Boom’s roles is the reason NaVi are struggling. Boom was never the brain of NaVi, blade was and still is.

2023-04-15 15:26

sure , if you say so. i mean the results are there , the problem of the 5th is still there. Lack of leadership is apparent but sure , if you say so.

2023-04-15 15:30

what a clown org Really does put a bad example on Virtus.pro right after they got allowed to play again

Go to 1win instead of nickelback

Kair0n redemption arc begins...

watch him eliminate vp in the first cs2 major with his new team whatever it will be

LOL what a fraudulent org

not cheering for VP anymore, dumbest team

HOPE FOR THE BEST XDDDDD

2023-04-14 21:21

-k1to or -faven +kair0n soon

clown org, outsiders >

c9 or big will pick him up and VP will probably look like assholes for this

what a joke honestly

vp is such a fraud

If they don't pick him up to replace faveN, that would be a terrible opportunity missed by BIG. Despite playing the best CT side positions, he can't manage to stay consistent.

vp will disband until cs 2 is released there is no point in pklaying csgo anymore after major

EG level

2023-04-14 21:24

clowns, lost all respect for vp

2023-04-14 21:25

imagine u had respect for the org after polski fraud

I wonder, what actually happened there?

2023-04-14 21:28

Something serious had to of. It can’t simply be he’s not as good as we thought

2023-04-14 21:35

Yeah, I think so too. Some big conflict, most likely.

Ppl defend him a lot, but we don't know what happens inside the team. Maybe, he confronted Jame. No matter what, I don't know why he didn't play the last match.

Letsgo Jame won't have a chance to ruin his career

hltv.org/news/35592/kair0n-on-tier-one-i..

Speedrun

2023-04-14 21:33

what does qikert has with vp? this guy is playing worse than ever but never kicked whatsoever

because the management from vp is way worse than qikert for the team

Jame's best mate probably

2023-04-14 22:51

clown org worst management after EG

soon qikert next btw :(

2023-04-14 21:34

Jame is a psychopath

I was just beginning to have this thought .

2023-04-14 21:39

Spirit should pick him up

Patsi clears

wtf kair0n is so strong

I promise you that I have really liked your players: jame, fl1t, yekindar, qikert, fame, kairon-, sanji. I have been patient with them as a club and I have tried not to judge their decisions because I trust them, they know what they are doing, but I am fed up with them. First of all I don't understand why they removed Norbert and secondly I think Kairon is a great player, he just needed time, he didn't even have 6 months, are they stupid? I'm sick of them, I declare that VP is one of the worst organizations that has ever existed and that they do a terrible damage to CS.

fr bro

I hope them disband

2023-04-15 01:34

2023-04-15 05:40

VP clowns

GL for both org and kairoN

Good player, needs some guidance to become the best. Hopefully he joins a good team

Circus.pro, hope he finds a better team than this clown ass org.

2023-04-14 21:43

Disgusting org

thanks vp for releasing him cuz things wouldnt have ever recovered after what they did

Trash org, hope 1win snags him and -boom

best org ever

i hope kairon wins a major

2023-04-14 21:48

he will return to budapest5 and they will win a major no doubt

2023-04-14 21:57

+100

2023-04-14 21:59

Wat?

2023-04-14 21:49

wow

Lost all respect to vp

Dumbest org ever (after EG). Also -F1KU +Kair0n would be good

2023-04-14 21:52

-Neofrag (Because of roles)

2023-04-14 21:58

+1 This would be a very good move I think. I'd love to see him either OG or BIG in case he speaks good enough german.

2023-04-14 22:16

Like how good you need to speak German to play csgo? Did you ever listen pro teams teamspeak?

2023-04-15 17:26

1win -bigboot let him do coke in peace

now -buster + kairon pls

That would be good actually

pls they need an aggro rifler ASAP +1

2023-04-15 00:41

CLown org

Now go get donk, deko or TRAVIS or Polt.

2023-04-14 21:56

They did norbert dirty and then scapegoated this kid. Sad

bro why

Jame said Kairon hold B, Kairon went A, Jame said give me Norby

2023-04-14 22:01

Jame said buy me awp, Kairon said fuk u imma gonna buy ak for me to shot heads and win this stupid game for u

2023-04-15 00:40

Hahah, true... Jame probably asked for an awp

2023-04-15 03:13

Unlucko

bad move, -qikert +n0rbert with kair0n and let them cook

finally to astralis

Bruh

2023-04-14 22:04

If they sign donk, they will be title contenders

2023-04-14 22:10

Spirit - +donk

Honestly the worst team in terms of what kind of people who are in it. Dont care, hope they disband.

Whatever happened during the rmr must be pretty serious

2023-04-14 22:11

turned out to be true that kair0n didn't drop an awp to jame...

Overrated as fuck player.

2023-04-14 22:15

Overrated? Yes. Worth kicking? No.

2023-04-14 23:54

You don't know what happened. That guy has probably some issues, at least on the server.

2023-04-15 00:01

Tbf, he has sharp aim, but his gamesense doesn't look that tight. Also, his comms was probably not the best. He can bounce back, because he is still a raw talent.

2023-04-15 05:23

S1mple was right about VP

they benched qikert as well : )

2023-04-14 22:20

u trolling? because i hope that's true...

2023-04-15 00:47

twitter.com/ABOverDrive/status/164689473..

2023-04-15 01:29

Good. This kid's a pretty decent player who actually deserves more than cowering in a distant corner of the map for one and a half minutes every other round after losing a teammate. Rat org, rat playstyle, fluke major win, hope they disband as well. I'm certain he'll find better. Best of luck to him.

Gj on wasting his time. He would have been on boombl4s 1win and they would have won the major

2023-04-14 22:31

S1mple was right

posturecheck this man

2023-04-14 22:34

this is even worse than the mouz +nbk

VP is a stupid org. First, they're benching n0rb3r7 was stupid ad. Then, when KaiR0N was doing good on the team, outta nowhere they put him out and brought back a guy that was on the bench for 3 months before an important match. Wtf

Kairon was not good for the team. He was overlapping roles with fame. Kairon strenght is his agression, but he was playing more passive roles. Jame thought he can mold him into his gamestyle

2023-04-15 05:22

Team SoloMid? Smooya Olofmeister Kairon Kjaerbye ALEX Could Go for different igl if better one is available.. but this is the best free agent market has to offer right now.. maybe with the exception of f0rp

f0rest is better than all those, close with olof though.

2023-04-14 22:45

f0rest > olof

2023-04-15 09:48

Agree

2023-04-15 10:28

unexpected

insane mechanics. this guy might be rough now but I bet he'll grow into a great player. will be around for a while

2023-04-14 22:37

2023-04-14 22:39

i don t think the team is going anywhere, but 'future of the team is up in the air' after they just won a major and got approval to use their name again? even if it was just a fluke wtf is going on in this team.

2023-04-14 22:41

good he deserves a better team

2023-04-14 22:47

Virtus Pro is finished, Jame better get out of it before it's too late

2023-04-14 22:48

Big mistake for VP

2023-04-14 23:00

The biggest mistake was signing him instead of Norbert the first time

2023-04-15 02:35

if he is that talented, he shouldnt have issues finding a team.

2023-04-14 23:04

should have been removed after iem katowice for that performance against navi

2023-04-14 23:08

Go to aurora

2023-04-14 23:12

This whole situation is so dumb

2023-04-14 23:25

Weirdness all around... hope it works out for all of the involved.

clown team GL to Kai in new team

2023-04-14 23:43

They did him so dirty , first they kicked norbert also dirty and now they are bringing him back ...

2023-04-14 23:58

They did him dirty there's no question about it. I wonder what happened to make them decide to terminate his contract

2023-04-15 00:15

Jame look like a strict leader (to not say dictatorial). Kairon look a bit awkard. So, maybe, a clash of personality.

2023-04-15 05:19

Could be. But I remember Jame was hyping this kid up like he's the next niko and now they kick him after 2, 3 months

2023-04-15 11:34

one of the worst transfers ever

2023-04-15 00:16

Hope he's picked up by some big org. NA/EU would be great

2023-04-15 00:30

Will be a great addition to any team he joins

2023-04-15 00:32

in other words: he didn't want to buy awp to Jame

2023-04-15 00:33

so kairon will go to... 1WIN Forze Spirit (if magixx or Patsi leave) Aurora B8 SANJI new project Liquid (if YEKINDAR leaves) C9?????? (they need an agressive rifler to "make plays")

2023-04-15 00:38

prob 1win or b8 will take him

Keep seeing people point out he's a dual German-Russian citizen or at the very least knows how to speak German to a certain amount. That said, prolly not the guy to replace FaveN. This man is headed back for Aurora, maybe Spirit if they're desperate otherwise expect him on a decent Tier 2 EU team. Going to NA would be ballsy for him.

2023-04-15 00:42

Bah it worth trying (remplacing faven). Krimbo has some x-factor, but Faven is not really outstanding.

2023-04-15 05:17

big were considering picking him up before already but didnt because russian passport

2023-04-15 09:50

Holy shit. BIG need to jump on this and get +Kair0n. Big miss otherwise

2023-04-15 00:46

This situation is weird... feels like there something they're hiding from the people Anyway, some team should pick up Kair0N before it's too late because he's a great talent

thats what I think too. maybe some incident happened inside the team with kairon and now they just making up bs excuses and not telling straight.

2023-04-15 07:08

I thought benching Norbert was dumb in the first place tbh but this is just wild

2023-04-15 01:52

wtf is this circus LMAO. He will find a new team easily imo, always liked him from his Aurora days and he's a younger player you can invest in and build around for a long time.

2023-04-15 02:23

vp fucked him over, hope he will find a better team no problem

Damn that was quick. Not enough time to really get a judge of character/presence in server. VP must have found something they really didn’t like about him fast. Or Noobert just gives good bj’s to the boys

2023-04-15 02:28

I think noobert is more a soldier than Kairon. Jame system need at least one bitch or two. Kairon was overlapping with fame roles and tbh fame is a better player than kairon.

2023-04-15 05:15

vp clowns

KaiR0N- on tier one: "I knew it wasn't going to be as hard as people think"

2023-04-15 02:34

fucking yikes

2023-04-15 02:41

Horrible treatment of a player. Hope kairon comes back stronger with a better org.

2023-04-15 02:42

Hahahaha lmao CIS teams are really joke, imagine replacing member of freshly major winning team (even tho it was fluke). Just to do this 3 months later hahaha

2023-04-15 02:45

faze major was fluke also

2023-04-15 07:12

Imbecile comment you can’t fluke 3 tournaments in row let alone grandslam smartass

2023-04-15 14:41

This is some nonsense

2023-04-15 03:18

2023-04-15 04:05

VP will just pick one of the T2 CIS team that are better than FaZe

2023-04-15 04:28

Does not surprise me. Kairon seems like a guy with a strong personality and doesn't mind speaking his mind. I don't think Jame particularly cares for that. Just look at his former and current teammates. None of them seems like people that would deny Jame the awp

Hate to see this... First they bench Norbert after winning major and add Kairon. And after problems on RMR they bring Norbert back and kick Kairon. Why they change their players so fast? And why is Norbert willing to play with team mates that benched him previously??? Norbert has to be so desperate. Anyways im not going to support this team anymore !

2023-04-15 08:37

another VP L

2023-04-15 09:42

XDDDDDDDDDDDDD

2023-04-15 09:43

Good for him! GL

2023-04-15 09:47

who cars

2023-04-15 10:11

im quite sure there was some big argument or personal reason for this, nothing about this says its solely performance related. specifically that they said interaction/communication, but its a young players career so i would take my opinion w a grain of salt

2023-04-15 10:26

2023-04-15 12:48

+mir and -qikert + sanji ez top1

2023-04-15 11:19

RIP VP. Never really liked them anyway, but I doubt Kair0N was the problem - or at least the only one.

2023-04-15 12:37

F you twistzz, superstar player my ass. He was shit before EPL grinded for his 2nd grandslam and now back to being bot without motivation. Scene is joke cloud9 go full fucking bot vs ence and now having life games vs Faze.

2023-04-15 14:51

I'm ashamed to be a Faze fan with u XD

2023-04-16 12:22

Hahahah this last round just describes cloud9 ruski lucky noobs, this is literally zero skill just luck play. sh0ro walking thru the smoke and no one watching behind and then get ultra lucky again going jungle literally second after broky leaves position without making the sound hahahaha

2023-04-15 15:05

Lol wrong way to comment dude

2023-04-15 15:32

he was not very good

2023-04-15 22:42

-buster +kairon C9 win all major

2023-04-16 00:04

C9 becomes ex-VP lol

2023-04-16 06:41

Since yesterday the Co-Founder of BIG (Christian Lenz) started to follow Kairon on Twitter lol

2023-04-16 12:14

btw. Faven is also half russian and half German. Same like Kairon

Don't put Faven into this position XD He has Kazakh descent but he's no half.Maybe BIG will get some good youngsters soon.....maybe in future i'll join too XD

2023-04-16 12:19

Good.He left this hell

2023-04-16 12:16

from a very strong core (jame fame fl1t) to disbanding

2023-04-16 21:03

Kairon moment

2023-04-17 07:42

Kairon to Forze? Wtf

2023-04-17 15:19

BYE BYE GOBLIN

2023-04-18 11:28

He is an arrogant person. A good individual player. But he doesn't know how to work in a team. He is in each team for no more than 3-4 months.