Former EnVyUs member Christophe "SIXER" Xia will further his career in the organisation's academy squad, the team's manager has confirmed.

The 26-year-old's future had been up in the air after he was benched to make way for Ali "⁠hAdji⁠" Haïnouss, who was promoted from EnVyUs' academy squad.

On Twitter, EnVyUs Academy manager Loïc "NEOSKAI" Potages wrote that he hopes the team will provide Christophe "⁠SIXER⁠" Xia with the conditions "to unleash the beast again". The player faced a wave of criticism during his Envy tenure as he failed to reach the same heights he had during his 1.6 career.

SIXER has been moved to EnVyUs Academy

The announcement comes less than two weeks after a report from Flickshot.fr revealed that EnVyUs were ready to listen to offers for their academy squad, created in April 2017.

The French team, who are scheduled to play their first match in ESEA MDL on Wednesday, against Spirit, now have: