Red Reserve have announced that they have secured the services of former PAPERPLANES member Denis "⁠grux⁠" Gutaj.

The 19-year-old has been signed as a replacement for Joakim "⁠disco doplan⁠" Gidetun, who has been moved to the bench for reasons that were not disclosed by the Swedish organisation.

Formerly of PAPERPLANES, with whom he competed in back-to-back ESEA MDL seasons, grux has been playing for Red Reserve since the beginning of November, averaging a 1.07 rating while acting as a stand-in for the team.

disco doplan moved to the Red Reserve bench

He becomes Red Reserve's third signing in the last three months, after William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin and Alfred "⁠RuStY⁠" Karlsson, with the organisation's CEO, Patrik Andersson, admitting that recent times have been "turbulent" for the team.

"We are now in a comfortable place with the team starting to progress as expected," he said in a statement.

"Every member on the team has shown their loyalty and drive to be in Red Reserve and can now, with our support, start their path to the top tier of Counter-Strike."

With this move, Red Reserve now have: