Solo stated that 9Pandas had planned to recruit XinQ into the roster

Alexey "Solo" Berezin, captain of 9 Pandas, stated that the team considered Zhao "XinQ" Ziyang as a potential new support player.

The esports player shared this in a new video on the team's YouTube channel.

"We considered XinQ. We looked at him – and it became clear. We took Yamich"

It's unclear whether this was trolling or if 9 Pandas really offered a transfer to the former Xtreme Gaming player. XinQ has not commented on the statement yet. In the end, Solo said that XinQ didn't fit, and the team signed Daniil "yamich" Lazebny as the support.

Earlier, Solo mentioned that the new roster would start progressing and might even break through to Dota 2 tournaments, unlike the previous season.