2019 LoL free-agency news, rumors and rosters

The League of Legends free-agency period has begun, and players and teams around the world have started the search for their new destinations and next big signings.

Rumors of potential roster shuffles have been swirling for days, and we’re here to track them all and analyze the big moves. We’ll make sure you’re up to date with the latest news and rumblings for members of the North American, European, Chinese and South Korean regions of pro League of Legends play.

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Cloud9: Sneaky states he will not be returning to Cloud9.

Cloud9: Svenskeren confirms he is leaving and headed to Evil Geniuses.

Schalke 04: Former H2K Gaming AD carry Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou signed with League of Legends European Championship team Schalke 04 Esports on Tuesday after a forced absence from competition due to mandatory military service, league sources told ESPN.

Schalke 04: Odoamne has extended his contract.

Fly joins the Afreeca Freecs.

JD Gaming: Gu “imp” Seung-bin announces his retierment.

Immortals: Immortals negotiating addition of former Team Liquid jungler Xmithie.

Immortals: Meteos becomes a free agent.

Cloud9: Cloud9 finalizing negotiations to bring Team SoloMid’s Zven to C9 and replace longtime AD carry Sneaky.

Cloud9: Goldenglue traded to Golden Guardians in return for Palafox.

Cloud9: Sources: Dignitas have verbally agreed to a trade that will send support Vulcan to Cloud9.

TSM: Team SoloMid finalizing negotiations to acquire former Splyce AD carry Kobbe.

TSM: Sources: Team SoloMid trade Smoothie to Counter Logic Gaming in exchange for Biofrost.

Team Liquid: Team Liquid finalizing negotiations to acquire Broxah from Fnatic.

FlyQuest: Former FC Schalke 04 support IgNar finalizing negotiations to join FlyQuest.

Golden Guardians: Palafox traded to Cloud9 in return for Goldenglue.

CLG: PowerOfEvil becomes a free agent.

CLG: Sources: CLG to trade Biofrost to TSM in exchange for Smoothie.

Origen: Origen finalize 2020 roster with addition of former Mammoth support Destiny.

Origen: Origen prepared to add former Splyce jungler Xerxe.

Origen: Origen finalizing negotiations to sign former FC Schalke 04 AD carry Upset.

Origen: Mithy finalizing negotiations to retire and become the coach of Fnatic.

Fnatic: Fnatic finalizing negotiations to send Broxah to Team Liquid.

Fnatic: Mithy finalizing negotiations to join Fnatic as head coach.

Fnatic: Fnatic finalizing negotiations to buy out former SK Gaming player Selfmade’s contract.

Splyce: Splyce finalizing negotiations to sell Norskeren to Excel.

Misfits: Misfits finalizing negotiations to sign former Vodafone Giants jungler Razork and support denyk.

Misfits: Misfits sell AD carry Hans Sama to Rogue.

SK Gaming: SK Gaming finalizing negotiations to sell Selfmade to Fnatic.

Excel Esports: Excel finalizing negotiations to sign Norskeren from Splyce and Patrik from Origen.

Rogue: Rogue acquire Misfits AD carry Hans Sama.

Rogue: VandeR receives two-year extension from Rogue.

T1 Esports: T1 release Mata.

T1 Esports: Effort re-signed by T1 on a two-year deal.

T1 Esports: Kkoma, Clid and Khan become free agents.

KT Rolster: KT Rolster part with Smeb, Score, Bdd and PraY, as translated by Korizon Esports.

Afreeca Freecs: Afreeca part with Aiming, Ucal and Jelly.

Gen.G: Gen.G announce the contracts of eight players have not been renewed.

T1: Faker’s contract is extended through 2021.

DragonX: Deft’s contract is extended.

Splyce: Vizicsaci retires from League of Legends.

Excel: Sources: Norskeren leaving Splyce for Excel Esports.

Excel: Youngbuck joins Excel as head coach.

Griffin: Cho resigns from Griffin as South Korean lawmakers put eyes on Riot investigation

Dignitas: Star top laner Huni is finalizing negotiations for a two-year contract extension with Dignitas worth approximately $2.3 million in guaranteed money, league sources told ESPN.

100 Thieves: 100 Thieves hire Zikz as new League of Legends head coach

Evil Geniuses/Cloud 9: Sources: Evil Geniuses to acquire Svenskeren, Zeyzal from Cloud9

Team SoloMid: Bjergsen has signed a two-year extension with Team SoloMid the team announced Monday. The 23-year-old Bjergsen, who has been with the North American team since November 2013, also will become part owner, according Team SoloMid’s press release. He is considered one of the top players in the LCS.

100 Thieves

Kim “Ssumday” Chan-ho

Maurice “Amazing” Stückenschneider

Yoo “Ryu” Sang-wook

Bae “Bang” Jun-sik

Zaqueri “aphromoo” Black

Cloud9

Eric “Licorice” Ritchie

Robert “Blaber” Huang

Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer

Jasper “Zven” Svenningsen

Philippe “Vulcan” Laflamme

Counter Logic Gaming

Kim “Ruin” Hyeong-min

Raymond “Wiggly” Griffin

Trevor “Stixxay” Hayes

Andy “Smoothie” Ta

Dignitas

Heo “Huni” Seung-hoon

Nam “Lira”Tae-yoo

Tanner “Damonte” Damonte

Cody “Cody Sun” Sun

Evil Geniuses

Dennis “Svenskeren” Johnsen

Tristan “Zeyzal” Stidam

FlyQuest

Omran “V1per” Shoura

Lucas “Santorin” Tao Kilmer Larsen

Eugene “Pobelter” Park

Jason “WildTurtle” Tran

Lee “IgNar” Dong-geun

Golden Guardians

Kevin “Hauntzer” Yarnell

Juan “Contractz” Garcia

Greyson “Goldenglue” Gilmer

Victor “FBI” Huang

Choi “Huhi” Jae-hyun

Immortals

Niship “Dhokla” Doshi

Jake “Xmithie” Puchero

Lee “Crown” Min-ho

Noh “Arrow”Dong-hyeon

Terry “Big” Chuong

Team Liquid

Jung “Impact” Eon-yeong

Mads “Broxah” Brock-Pedersen

Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen

Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng

Jo “CoreJJ” Yong-in

Team SoloMid

Sergen “Broken Blade” Çelik

Mingyi “Spica” Lu

Søren “Bjergsen” Bjerg

Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup

Vincent “Biofrost” Wang

Excel Esports

Ki “Expect” Dae-han

Marc “Caedrel” Robert Lamont

Son “Mickey” Young-min

Patrik “Patrik” Jírů

Raymond “kaSing” Tsang

FC Schalke 04

Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu

Kim “Trick” Gang-yun

Felix “Abbedagge” Braun

Konstantinos-Napoleon “FORG1VEN” Tzortziou

Fnatic

Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau

Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek

Tim “Nemesis” Lipovšek

Martin “Rekkles” Larsson

Zdravets “Hylissang” Iliev Galabov

G2 Esports

Martin “Wunder” Hansen

Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski

Rasmus “Caps” Winther

Luka “Perkz” Perković

Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle

Misfits Gaming

Danny “Dan Dan” Le Comte

Iván “Razork” Martín Díaz

Thomas “Kirei” Yuen

Adam “LIDER” Ilyasov

Petr “denyk” Haramach

Origen

Barney “Alphari” Morris

Andrei “Xerxe” Dragomir

Nikolay “Zanzarah” Akatov

Elias “Upset” Lipp

Mitchell “Destiny” Shaw

Rogue

Finn “Finn” Wiestål

Kacper “Inspired” Słoma

Emil “Larssen” Larsson

Steven “Hans Sama” Liv

Oskar “Vander” Bogdan

SK Gaming

Toni “Sacre” Sabalić

Janik “Jenax” Bartels

Juš “Crownshot” Marušič

Han “Dreams” Min-kook

Splyce

Marek “Humanoid” Brázda

Team Vitality

Lucas “Cabochard” Simon-Meslet

Lee “Mowgli” Jae-ha

Daniele “Jizuke” di Mauro

Amadeu “Attila” Carvalho

Jakub “Jactroll” Skurzyński

Afreeca Freecs

Kim “Kiin” Gi-in

Lee “Spirit” Da-yoon

Song “Fly” Yong-jun

Park “Senan” Hee-seok

APK Prince

Jeon “ikssu” Ik-soo

Lee “KaKAO” Byung-kwon

Kim “Cover” Joo-eon

Park “Secret” Ki-sun

DAMWON Gaming

Jang “Nuguri” Ha-gwon

Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu

Heo “ShowMaker” Su

Sin “Nuclear” Jeong-hyeon

Cho “BeryL” Geon-hee

DragonX

Kim “Rascal” Kwang-hee

Kim “Deft” Hyuk-kyu

Gen.G

Park “Ruler” Jae-hyuk

Kim “Life” Jeong-min

Griffin

Choi “Sword” Sung-won

Lee “Tarzan” Seung-yong

Jeong “Chovy” Ji-hoon

Park “Viper” Do-hyeon

Son “Lehends” Si-woo

Hanwha Life

Kim “SoHwan” Jun-yeong

Kim “Lava” Tae-hoon

Kang “Tempt” Myung-gu

KT Rolster

No “SnowFlower” Hoi-jong

SANDBOX Gaming

Park “Summit” Woo-tae

Kim “OnFleek” Jang-gyeom

Kim “Dove” Jae-yeon

Cho “Joker” Jae-eup

T1 Esports1

Kim “Khan” Dong-ha

Kim “Clid” Tae-min

Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok

Park “Teddy” Jin-seong

Lee “Effort” Sang-ho

Bilibili Gaming

Kang “ADD” Geon-mo

Zeng “Meteor” Guo-Hao

Lee “Kuro” Seo-haeng

Xie “Jinjiao” Jin-Shan

Li “XinMo” Qian-Xi

Dominus Esports

Hu “Natural” Jia-Le

Wang “Xiaopeng” Peng

Huang “Twila” Ting-Wei

Chen “GALA” Wei

Ling “Mark” Xu

EDward Gaming

Lim “Jinoo” Jin-woo

Ming “Clearlove” Kai

Lee “Scout” Ye-chan

Hu “iBoy” Xian-Zhao

Tian “Meiko” Ye

FunPlus Phoenix

Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem

Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang

Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang

Lin “Lwx” Wei-Xiang

Liu “Crisp” Qing-Song

Invictus Gaming

Kang “TheShy” Seung-lok

Gao “Ning” Zhen-Ning

Song “Rookie” Eui-jin

Yu “JackeyLove” Wen-Bo

Wang “Baolan” Liu-Yi

JD Gaming

Zhang “Zoom” Xing-Ran

Zeng “Yagao” Qi

Zuo “LvMao” Ming-Hao

LGD Gaming

Fang “Garvey” Jia-Wei

Xie “Eimy” Dan

Hu “Yuuki” Hao-Ming

Ha “Kramer” Jong-hun

LNG Esports

Li “Flandre” Xuan-Jun

Lê “SofM” Quang Duy

Huang “Fenfen” Chen

Lu “Asura” Qi

Duan “Duan” De-Liang

OMG

Chen “Curse” Chen

Chen “World6” Yu-Tian

Xie “icon” Tian-Yu

Chen “Kane” Hao

Liu “Five” Shi-Yu

Rogue Warriors

Bae “Holder” Jae-cheol

Chen “Haro” Wen-Lin

Tian “HuaTian” Mai

Mei “ZWuJi” Hong-Hui

Xia “Huanggai” Long-Yang

RNG

Xie “Langx” Zhen-Ying

Hung “Karsa” Hao-Hsuan

Li “Xiaohu” Yuan-Hao

Jian “Uzi” Zi-Hao

Shi “Ming” Sen-Ming

Suning

Xiang “Angel” Tao

Wei “Weiwei” Bo-Han

Huang “Maple” Yi-Tang

Han “Smlz” Jin

Hu “SwordArt” Shuo-Chieh

Team WE

Kim “Poss” Min-cheol

Jiang “beishang” Zhi-Peng

Su “xiye” Han-Wei

Jin “Mystic” Seong-jun

Lou “Missing” Yun-Feng

Top Esports

Bai “369” Jia-Hao

Xiong “Xx” Yu-Long

Zhuo “Knight9” Ding

Lee “LokeN” Dong-wook

Nam “Ben” Dong-hyun

Vici Gaming

Xia “Chelizi” Han-Xi

Li “Aix” Yang

Chen “Jay” Bo

Ding “Puff” Wang

Su “Southwind” Zhi-Lin

Victory Five

Tao “Windy” Xiang

Tu “Ben4” Xin-Cheng

Li “Mole” Hao-Yan

Wang “y4” Nong-Mo

Li “Max” Xiao-Qiang
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