Fnatic Chief Gaming Officer, Patrik "cArn" Sättermon spoke candidly with Matthew "Sadokist" Trivett and Henry "HenryG" Greer on Drop The Bomb about his team's shocking decision to trade to Jesper "JW" Wecksell, Robin "flusha" Ronnquist, and Lars "KRIMZ" Freddy Johansson to GODSENT, saying the move was "a social split."

"In the middle of the summer we felt like we had Top 3 roster, we’ve been close to winning more Majors than we already had, we have superstars on the team, we have a good group, [Viktor "vuggo" Jendeby] and flusha deal with the in-game side of things," the former CS 1.6 pro told Sadokist and HenryG. "So, it was, like, from an organization side of things, of course, super frustrating to end up how we are today with the split, but I think on the bright side we left this thing behind us now."

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According to cArn, tensions within the team were growing for a while, with Olof "olofmeister" Kajbjer's wrist injury in April throwing a further wrench into things.

"We had to replace olof temporarily, [John "wenton" Eriksson] stepped in, previous to that it was [Niclas "Plessen" Plessen], an up-and-coming player in Sweden," he said. "And I guess we never really got back to our own identity that probably stressed and escalated those intersocial disconnects."

cArn also said that the team's string of second and third places losses in recent tournaments hadn't helped matters, with their 2-0 loss against Virtus.Pro in the ELEAGUE Season 1 finals a further straw on the camel's back.

"I mean in the nature of sports, things could have turned out very differently in the event of success," cArn said. "Winning ELEAGUE, winning other tournaments and so forth can obviously glue a team longer together, right? But yes, here we are now, obviously with surprising news."

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cArn says the org is well aware how big a shake-up the trade is, but that they're confident it was the right choice.

“We do appreciate the risk we’re taking here, but based on — I can only say so much about the situation, the transaction, transfer of players, and what not — but I think everyone to a certain degree is a winner here, because we have combined in the bucket of decision-making, the player’s desires, what is feasible, how can Fnatic still be relevant," he said.

However, cArn doesn't undersell how difficult it will be for the team to rebuild.

"But let’s also be real right, we are losing three very strong players, we are losing our Major spot, it’s a lot of hard work around the corner."

Sasha Erfanian is a news editor for theScore esports. Follow him on Twitter, it'll be great for his self-esteem.