Schalke have not waited long to get the ball rolling on their roster changes before the 2018 Season of the EU LCS.

The newly promoted team dominated the Challenger Series yet have decided to not renew the contracts of most of their roster, releasing four of their five players.

The football team have invested a lot into their esports division and it looks like they want to push on far in the LCS.

Schalke have resigned ADC Upset for two years but have released the rest of their LoL players

Schalke have released top laner Lennart 'SmittyJ' Warkus, jungler Jonas 'Memento' Elmarghichi, mid laner Marc Robert 'Caedrel' Lamont and support Tore Hoel 'Norskeren' Eilertsen.

Schalke will rebuild the team around their one remaining player, young ADC Elias 'Upset' Lipp who has re-signed with a new two-year contract.

In a official statement on Schalke's Facebook, Upset said: 'I am very excited for the upcoming splits as I have full trust that Schalke 04 will have a strong roster for 2018/2019 and great staff to support the other players and myself.'