BIG send clear message to murmurs as tabseN and gob b extend deals until 2027

BIG announced on Friday that two of their key figures in their coach and their in-game leader, Fatih “⁠gob b⁠” Dayik and Johannes “⁠tabseN⁠” Wodarz, have extended their contracts with the German organization in a five-year deal lasting until 2027.

“After being with BIG as founders and shareholders for more than five years, we have set the course for the next five years,” BIG CEO Daniel Finkler said in a statement. “I’m very pleased to announce that we have renewed the contracts with Johannes “tabseN” Wodarz and Fatih “gob b” Dayik until 2027.”

The move quells a rumor that has spread in the past week after Ukrainian veteran and coach Sergey “⁠lmbt⁠” Bezhanov stated in an appearance on Oleksandr “petr1k” Petryk’s podcast that he had heard the German duo could be joining G2 in place of Aleksi “⁠Aleksib⁠” Virolainen and Rémy “⁠XTQZZZ⁠” Quoniam.

tabseN himself took to Twitter afterwards and played up to the murmurs briefly before making a clear statement on the matter when he said that he would never “abandon [his] child,” referring to the BIG organization, in which the in-game leader as well as gob b are co-owners.

Both members have been a part of the organization since its inception in 2017, with tabseN now playing in his sixth consecutive year under the Berlin-based side, while gob b has fulfilled several roles both as a team member and in the organization, recently having returned from a stint in VALORANT in May to take up the position of the CS:GO team’s head coach.

Friday’s news means the two staple members have reinforced their commitment to BIG for a whopping five years at a time when the team is looking to find some stability heading into the new season.

Recent events saw the German side have to utilize former teammate and now academy player Nils “⁠k1to⁠” Gruhne in place of Karim “⁠Krimbo⁠” Moussa and Josef “⁠faveN⁠” Baumann due to illnesses. The latter is still yet to recover after he missed out on the playoffs of the Roobet Cup, where BIG emerged victorious, and IEM Cologne, where the team was unable to make it past the Play-in stage in a disappointing end to the season.