Virtus.pro have announced on Facebook that their Counter-Strike players have signed new contracts with the organisation.

The players have penned four-year deals valid until the end 2020, which, according to Virtus.pro, makes them "largest agreement between players and organization in the history of eSports, in terms of both duration and total contract value."

The Polish team has been part of Virtus.pro, a Russia-based organisation, since January 2014. During this time, the team has kept the same roster and won several international tournaments, including one Major (ESL Major Series Katowice 2014) and the inaugural ELEAGUE season.



Virtus.pro's players have signed four-year deals with the organisation

The announcement puts an end to speculation surrounding the future of the team as contracts were due to expire shortly.

"For the next four years the best team in the world will continue playing for our organization, and I am sure we going to have a lot of victories and pleasant moments as well as a lot of work to do," Roman Dvoryankin, Virtus.pro General Manager Roman Dvoryankin said in a statement. "I would like to thank the guys for their professional approach to the negotiations. I admit they were quite difficult, but in the end we managed to reach a win-win solution. "This kind of agreement is yet another step towards implementing more understandable, I would even say civilised, eSports rules. "Organizations and players work together for their fans. It is especially pleasant to us that the legendary players from the well-known "Golden Five" and their younger partners will keep playing for Virtus.pro until the end of 2020."

Virtus.pro are due to compete at the ELEAGUE Major and at DreamHack Masters Las Vegas during the first two months of 2017.