Heroic have announced that Valdemar "valde" Bjørn Vangså will be allowed to continue his career on a different team.

The announcement comes just days after Valdemar "⁠valde⁠" Bjørn Vangså was moved to the bench by team coach Henrik "⁠FeTiSh⁠" Christensen, with Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller stepping in for the ESL One Cologne qualifier.

That decision came as a surprise to many as valde had been part of the team for almost a year and is widely regarded as one of the most promising Danish players.

valde will not play for Heroic anymore

In a statement, Heroic have revealed that the benching valde "came as a consequence" of the player being "uncertain about his future on the team", and the 21-year-old has publicly taken his fair share of the blame for the problems.

"I could definitely have handled the situation and the timing differently, but in the end I think the best solution for all is that I move on," valde said. "I have always appreciated the Heroic guys and the cooperation with RFRSH, who is indeed bringing a new and professional attitude to the game, but even though we are five very strong players, we did not function optimally as a team. "I take my part of the responsibility, and it was a frustration to all that we didn’t function optimally. Now I look forward to finding a new team and I appreciate that RFRSH will help out in this situation."

RFRSH Entertainment CEO Nikolaj Nyholm added that the company is now working with valde to find him a new home and noted that the search for a new fifth player is already underway.

"I fully support Henrik’s decision, which means valde will not play for Heroic anymore and we are looking for a permanent replacement," Mr. Nyholm said. "He is an extremely skilled player, and I would have loved to continue working with him, and help to develop him as a player. "In general we would never let a player, still under contract go, but, for several reasons, I believe this is the right decision for all. We will do all we can and work with him to find a new team."

Nikolaj Nyholm, CEO of RFRSH Entertainment::

- I fully support Henrik’s decision. It also means, Valde will not play for Heroic any more, and we’re working on a permanent replacement.

- He is an extremely skilled player, and I would have loved to continue working with him, and help developing him as a player. In general we would never let a player, still under contract, go, but for several reasons, I believe this is the right decision for all. We will do all we can and work with him to find a new team.

- Meanwhile I am very pleased to see Heroic’s performance on Sunday. It confirms to me, we have really strong team with extremely skilled players and I believe that Heroic will come out of this change even stronger.

Heroic, who have qualified for ESL One Cologne after beating dignitas in the semi-finals of the closed qualifier, currently have the following quartet:

Won't be playing with @heroicgg anymore. I started out with the Team X/Heroic project last summer as a total unknown and now i'm here 😊 — valde (@Officialvalde) May 23, 2017