Fnatic have traded Jesper "JW" Wecksell, Robin "flusha" Ronnquist and Lars "KRiMZ" Freddy Johansson to GODSENT in exchange for Simon "twist" Eliasson and Jonas "Lekr0" Olofsson, Fnatic announced Monday.

Fnatic have also moved stand-in John "wenton" Eriksson to their starting roster.

"Being together in a team for a long period means that small issues can easily turn into bigger issues. These issues can then weed their way into fundamental team dynamics, affecting the chemistry needed for success," Fnatic stated in a press release.

"Over the last months something similar has been brewing inside of our team, and regardless of the efforts all parties have tried to make to resolve the internal issues, it reached a point where there was a clear division within the team. Both parties felt that it was necessary to split the team up in order for future growth, and the rebuilding of the chemistry needed for success."

JW and flusha joined Fnatic in 2013, when the organization signed Epsilon’s roster. flusha joined one year later along with Olofmester when the pair left TEAMGLOBAL. Fnatic recently placed second in the ELEAGUE Season 1 Finals after suffering a 2-0 loss to the eventual winners, Virtus.pro. They also placed 3rd-4th at ESL One: Cologne, 3rd-4th at the ECS Season 1 finals, and 5th-8th at the Columbus Major.

JW, flusha and KRIMZ will be joining fellow former Fnatic players Marcus "pronax" Wallsten and Andreas "znajder" Lindberg on GODSENT. According to ESL's rules for the Major, teams must maintain a majority lineup to keep their Legends status. As GODSENT have picked up three-fifths of Fnatic's ESL One: Cologne roster, GODSENT inherits their invite to the next major.

GODSENT recently placed 3rd-4th at DreamHack Summer 2016 and 5th-6th at DreamHack Tours 206. The team had their breakout performance at DreamHack Malmo in April, where they placed second in their group with a 2-1 record, above Counter Logic Gaming and G2 Esports, and then went on to defeat mousesports 2-1 in the quarterfinals before losing a close 2-1 set to Ninjas in Pyjamas to place 3rd-4th.

"The day I never thought would come is sadly here, my departure from Fnatic, after 3 years of blood, sweat and Monster we are closing a chapter," JW stated in Fnatic's press release. Our results have not been satisfying to all of us lately and I guess you can say that these internal pressures test friendships, unfortunately we did not pass that test. What we achieved over the years together can only be described as amazing, with some of the most enjoyable moments of my life… Thank you to all who’ve been a part of that journey."

GODSENT stated in their press release that all three players have also become co-founders and shareholders of GODSENT.

“The ability to play in a new line-up and become masters of our own team was a key factor for us to take on this project," znajder stated in GODSENT's press release.

GODSENT's roster also features four of the five players who won DreamHack Winter 2013, the first ever CS:GO Major. JW, Pronax, znajder and flusha were all members of Fnatic at the time, along with Jonatan "Devilwalk" Lundberg.

Daniel Rosen is a news editor for theScore esports. You can follow him on Twitter.