Aleksandr "S1mple" Kostyliev and Egor "flamie" Vasilyev will stay with Natus Vincere's CS:GO team, according to Na`Vi CEO Yevhen Zolotarov.

Official: s1mple and flamie stay with Na`Vi — Yevhen Zolotarov (@NAVIHarisPilton) March 23, 2018

This news follows a report from HLTV that the two players were in talks with SK Gaming as potential replacements for Epitácio "TACO" de Melo and Ricardo "boltz" Prass.

TACO did confirm his departure from SK last night, but flamie and s1mple will not be joining the Brazilian team.

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