Recently off the back of lifting the trophy at the first Rocket League LAN event of 2019, FlipSid3’s current Rocket League roster could potentially be making a move to Fnatic in the next few weeks.

FlipSid3 have had a strong start at the beginning of this year. After losing Austrian starlet Maurice “Yukeo” Weihs to Dignitas on the eve of the WSOE tournament, the team acquired the services of Red Reserve’s Jack “Speed” Packwood-Clarke on loan. From there, the team finished top of the group stage before defeating Cloud9 and NRG in the playoffs to take the tournament.

After this strong performance, sources have confirmed that Speed will be joining the duo of David “miztik” Lawrie and Francesco “kuxir97” Cinquemani full-time for the upcoming season, regardless of if they join Fnatic or if they remain at FlipSid3.

Fnatic have been out of Rocket League since releasing their all-Danish team in mid-January, after they suffered relegation from the RLCS in last season’s promotion tournament. At that time Fnatic stated they looked to “review [their] involvement in Rocket League”, while requesting potential representatives to apply through email.

Sources have also said that Fnatic are focusing on a number of teams, with the organisation also potentially looking at securing the services of Triple Trouble. The recently promoted RLCS team, who left Red Reserve last week, have picked up Andy “Kassio” Landais from Method after the Frenchman’s contract ran out with the organisation to replace Speed. Sources have also pointed to fellow promoted team Savage! as a team Fnatic’s are looking at.

Speaking to an individual close to Triple Trouble, they were not impressed by the situation:

The scenario is a big mess. A roster change from an established RLCS team causing a chain reaction through 4 teams at their peak in Europe. The ex-Red Reserve roster barely put a foot wrong since the start of season 6, and the idea of a roster change has taken everyone by surprise. Kassio, in one tournament with the team, had unbelievable results with Tadpole and Ronaky including 3–0 vs Mousesports, 3–0 vs Nordavind, and 3–0 vs PSG. This team with Kassio is still an extremely strong team without an organisation. With the need for a team in the GFINITY Elite Series S5 and the desire for a top team, Fnatic appears to be left with the choice of buying out the remaining members of the F3 roster and signing Speed to form their new team (an already proven roster from winning WSOE 4), signing the current Triple Trouble roster effectively for free, or looking elsewhere for a team most likely resulting in purchasing players from existing contracts.

According to sources, Triple Trouble were Fnatic’s original target before FlipSid3, with the London-based organisation moving their gaze towards the roster after the move of Speed before WSOE. Sources have also hinted that negotiations between Triple Trouble and Fnatic were close to conclusion before the tournament.

Collin Johnson, Fnatic’s Director of Rocket League, posted publicly on Reddit that the organisation had not made any decisions about which team they would look to acquire, stating any decision wouldn’t be made “until DH Leipzig at the absolute earliest.” Johnson also affirmed Fnatic’s commitment to a “much brighter chapter of Fnatic RL!” having listed a number of potential teams including FlipSid3, Triple Trouble, Savage! and NRG, before clarifying them as just “teams whose players I follow”.

Representatives from Triple Trouble declined to comment. Representatives from Fnatic or FlipSid3 hadn’t responded to a request for comment by publication.

After publication, manager of Savage! Robert “Roken” Kendall provided this comment: “JUST DO IT.” No further context was given.