UK-based esports organisation Excel have announced their intentions to make roster changes to their LEC League of Legends team.
The org’s Twitter account posted the following statement this evening:
It confirms that Excel mid-laner Son ‘Mickey’ Young-min and top-laner Ki ‘Expect’ Dae-han will be changed ahead of the LEC Summer Split.
It’s not clear at this stage whether the Korean players will be replaced by the mid-laner (Joran ‘Special’ Scheffer) and top-laner (Rosendo ‘Send0o’ Fuentes) from Excel’s academy team, BT Excel, or if external players will be brought in to replace them.
The news comes after Excel finished the LEC Spring 2020 Split in 7th place, falling short of their target to reach playoffs.
Joey ‘YoungBuck’ Steltenpool, Excel’s League of Legends head coach, who joined the org last year, said: “In light of [not reaching playoffs], we have reviewed the situation internally and feel that to be confident in reaching that goal in the summer split, a change is necessary.
“With that in mind, we have decided to make a change to our top lane and mid lane positions heading into the summer split. More information on all of this will be shared in the near future.”
Excel will be disappointed in their first few splits in the LEC, finishing 9th, 10th and 7th so far.
Excel’s academy team, BT Excel, recently lost the UKLC grand final to Fnatic Rising 3-2.
At the start of the year, Excel hosted their own Neosurf Cup at their headquarters at Twickenham Stadium – which they went on to win.
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