CPH Wolves close to signing Woolite, looking at Whiteknight or Santorin for jungle

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Copenhagen Wolves are currently in late-stage contract negotiations to bring over Denial's Paweł 'Woolite' Pruski as the team's starting ADC, officials from both Copenhagen Wolves and Denial confirmed to onGamers.

"It's 99% sure that he will join," Copenhagen Wolves Captain Joey 'YoungBuck' Steltenpool told onGamers. Steltenpool says former Fnatic stand-in Johannes 'puszu' Uibos may also get a tryout for ADC, but that the team is "pretty sold" on Pruski should contract negotiations go through. Former Ninjas in Pyjamas ADC Aleš 'Freeze' Kněžínek was originally considered for the spot, but has since dropped out of the running to reportedly focus efforts on a new European team.

"Woolite is one of the biggest talents in the Challenger scene and we have experience training with him from earlier in the season. He was a very pleasant person to play with."

Steltenpool also confirmed that Cloud 9 Eclipse's Lucas Tao 'Santorin' Kilmer Larsen and Alternate substitute Matti 'WhiteKnight108' Sormunen are currently being considered for the team's jungle position, though they are keeping their options open for other players as well.

Although still currently signed to a Copenhagen Wolves contract, Konstantinos 'FORG1VEN' Tzortziou will not be in the starting lineup come the LCS Summer Split. While Tzortziou's contract is currently being shopped around after several days of speculation around the Greek ADC, Copenhagen Wolves players and management have been unhappy with Tzortziou's attitude towards the game and his teammates.

"The fact that Forgiven was not happy about the current situation in the team and that the team was neither happy about it, has been clear for quite a while," Copenhagen Wolves CEO Jakob Lund Kristensen told onGamers. "As mechanically gifted a player Forgiven is, we have also had some issues in regards to behavior that was highlighted by the fine Riot Games issued. I personally think that the current proposed solution is the best that could happen for both parties and if we find a solution to his buy-out I will wish him only the best."

Captain Steltenpool echoes similar comments.

"After the playoffs we had a talk with the team and we basically said that he would be allowed to take any offer from another team, if our CEO also agreed," he said. "He was unhappy with the team and the team was unhappy with him. He did leave on his own accord but we would've had a team talk about the situation and would have talked about forgiven's future in our team as well because some of us, especially me, were against playing another split with him."

Tzortziou says he is currently "considering the options of both EU and NA teams" but "may end up nowhere".