Astralis signs Anlelele as substitute for Singapore Major

Astralis has registered Anton 'Anlelele' Huynh as a substitute player for PGL Major Singapore. Multiple sources confirmed the information to HLTV. According to claims, the player is already taking part in training sessions as the team prepares for the Major.

Anlelele will take the place of Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov, who was signed to the FUT VRS invited roster after Sashi was eliminated from PGL Masters Bucharest. The Ukrainian player was added to that roster after the tournament, where his team was knocked out before playing its fifth match, and for this reason he cannot play for another team at the Major.

Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard remains on Astralis' VRS roster. He played three matches in place of cmtry at the Stake Ranked Episode 5 tournament. However, according to sources, he is not expected to play in Singapore.

Sashi's plan to move to Asia VRS began when Anlelele revealed that he holds Vietnamese citizenship. With the addition of Tynan 'TjP' Purtell and Jordan 'Hatz' Bajic, the team had acquired an Asian core. However, the three-month waiting period Valve introduced for region changes derailed this plan.

Valve announced that all teams that changed regions before the Singapore Major cannot attend the event unless an exception is granted. BC.Game benefited from this exception after transferring Tyson 'asap' Paterson and moving to Asia VRS. Sashi's CEO Claus 'D0KT0R3N' Nielsen argued that Valve granted BC.Game a privilege.

Astralis, the 12th-ranked team in Europe, was invited to the Stage 2 phase, which starts on 28 November, based on the 2 November invite ranking. The team's registered roster is as follows: Love 'phzy' Smidebrant, Victor 'Staehr' Staehr, Gytis 'ryu' Glušauskas, Kamil 'siuhy' Szkaradek, Jakob 'jabbi' Nygaard, and Anton 'Anlelele' Huynh as substitute.