Insider info on Watson and Malady’s new team

Players of the Western European team Gaimin Gladiators, Alimzhan watson Islambekov and Arman Malady Orazbaev, may become new members of Team Yandex. This was reported by Metaratings citing its own sources.

According to the media, both Kazakh esports players are on the club’s shortlist. However, negotiations are still ongoing, and Team Yandex has not made a final decision. The organization itself has not issued any official statements. If the rumors turn out to be true, they will replace Aibek TA2000 Tokayev and Alim aik Bespaev.

Earlier, Team Yandex refused to participate in the closed qualifiers for the upcoming DreamLeague Season 27. The reason was that the club did not manage to assemble its roster on time. Previously, media reports suggested that Akbar SoNNeikO Butaev might join the team in place of Aleksey Solo Berezin, who left the roster. Later, it became known that Akbar became part of a new stack called Team Tea.

Since its creation, Team Yandex has not achieved significant results, finishing 9th at the Chinese tournament Clavision DOTA2 Masters 2025: Snow-Ruyi and 11th at Riyadh Masters 2025.

Rumors about the complete disbandment of the current Gaimin Gladiators roster have not been officially confirmed, but the players themselves do not hide the collapse of the team. For his Twitch stream, watson chose the name "LFT" (looking for team), which means the player is searching for a new team.

Earlier, Cyberscore reported that Flipster Talon unveiled an updated roster.