Denis "denis" Howell has been added to BIG's roster, though only as a temporary substitute, according to the team's manager Christian Lenz.

"denis is just a temporary substitude till he finds a new team," Lenz told theScore esports in an email. "We are not planning to change a player, but denis is a good friend and we didn't wanna give that slot to someone random.

"For me as team-manager it's necessary to have a stand-in at EPL, since they have kinda zero tolerance in emergency cases."

News of the BIG's addition came in the form of a Reddit post showing a screen shot of BIG's apparent roster from ESL's website. Speculation of denis' addition to the primary roster was quickly shut down.

I am not part of the @BIGCLANgg roster. I just got asked if I want to substitute in case they need one, because I don't have a team. — Denis Howell (@denisCSGO) August 18, 2017

The Reddit post also showed Nils "k1to" Gruhne listed on BIG's roster, but according to Lenz, this is an error.

"We sent in a correct sheet for our roster, somehow k1to is listed as well in our roster (even if I told the admin to remove him)," Lenz said. "Same goes for denis, he was never listed as active player."