Insider: Team Falcons will replace Malr1ne with a champion of The International at ESL One Birmingham

Leon "Nine" Kirilin, a former Tundra Esports player may deputize for Team Falcons in ESL One Birmingham. He is allegedly to replace Stanislav "Malr1ne" Potorak because of visa issues that make him unable to enter the United Kingdom.

The supposed SMM manager of Team Falcons made the corresponding hint on their Telegram channel.

“In Dota there is only one representative who has dual citizenship of Germany and Russia. This man will be playing as a mid-laner in some of the squads. Also, he has already become an ex-International champion. You might think I'm talking nonsense, but it turns out it's very difficult to get to England for the tournament"

There was no mention on which team Nine would stand in for by the insider, but perhaps a clue towards Team Falcons. Despite his previous statement that he had sent all necessary papers long time ago and still didn’t receive UK visa yet, Malr1ne had doubtless dropped hints about that. This could mean he misses first games or even full ESL One Birmingham 2024.

However, the club itself hasn't issued any official comments on line-up changes so far. Potentially this variant is considered as still Malr1ne got chances to get visa till April 22 when matches begin.

Remember several weeks ago Malr1ne came up with a mystery announcement which possibly dealt with substitutions concerning Team Falcons during the championship.