Yesterday, Spanish investigative reporter Alejandro Gomis shared some intriguing news regarding the main player of NAVI. According to him, Mehmet "cNed" İpek will soon leave the Natus Vincere roster, and the organization has already begun the search for a replacement.

So far, there is no official confirmation of this information, but it sounds quite plausible. As with most teams, changes in the NAVI roster are likely to occur after the current VCT season. This is indicated by the rather mediocre results during the season, with the team taking 3-4th place at VCT 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo and 4th place in the regular season of VCT 2023: EMEA League. However, the recent major tournaments ended with disappointing results for the Ukrainian team, with 11-12th place at VCT 2023: Masters Tokyo and the team failing to progress from the group stage at Valorant Champions 2023, finishing their participation at 9-12th place.

cNed's Future

As of now, there are no rumors about which team the Turkish player will transfer to, but one thing is certain, he won't stay out of the game. Mehmet, during his tenure with Acend, won the world championship in 2021 and has proven himself to be an exceptional sniper and Operator user while with NAVI. It should be noted that many teams will be changing their players during the off-season, which is a common practice. We recently wrote about the American team NRG, which will be one of the first looking for new players. You can read more about this in our article. Although former OpTic Gaming players are already being considered, the possibility of the Turkish player joining cannot be ruled out. Therefore, it's possible that in 2024 we will see cNed as part of the American team.

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