Rumors: FunPlus Phoenix to sign lesser-known Tier-2 scene player

Today, Danish esports reporter Bo Hoogland shared an interesting insider piece regarding the future changes in the Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix. According to him, the team has reached a verbal agreement with Australian professional player Kale "autumn" Dunne about joining the team.

Autumn’s history

Kale began his career in Valorant in September 2020 and has since only competed in tier-2 and tier-3 events. Over his time in the professional scene, he has been part of many teams: Ground Zero Gaming, Honey Badgers, ORDER, and Gods Reign. His best results are linked with the latter two; with ORDER, autumn had his best season in 2021. Out of 12 tournaments and qualifiers played, Kale and his team secured 10 victories and one second place. Representing his current team Gods Reign, the professional showed good results in two splits of VALORANT Challengers 2023 in South Asia, finishing the first stage in second place and the second stage in fourth place.

The player himself has not yet confirmed the rumors of the possible transfer, but after the news from Bo Hoogland, he posted a mysterious eye emoji on his Twitter account. This might suggest that autumn is keeping an eye on the rumors about him and is intriguing his fans.

Recall that FunPlus Phoenix had a disappointing season on the international scene. Although they finished fourth twice in the Chinese league and the World Championship qualifying round brought the "Phoenixes" a third place and an event invitation, the Valorant Champions 2023 was not very successful, ending with the players leaving at the 13-16th place. This applies also to the first major tournament of this year - VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, where FPX were also one of the first to be knocked out, finishing 17-32nd.

Clearly, after the unsuccessful season, the team is facing a series of reshuffles, but the final candidates for the new players are still unknown. There might also be doubts about the organization's choice to sign a tier-2 player when there will be many free professionals from the higher league available in the current offseason. But for now, these are just rumors, and we will soon find out whether autumn will really become part of the "Phoenixes". To not miss this news, continue to follow our portal.

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