The captain of Team Spirit's CS2 roster, Leonid "chopper" Vishnyakov, addressed rumors about the possible addition of Ilya "Perfecto" Zalutskiy to the team. In an interview with HLTV.org, he stated that his roster doesn't need replacements.
"These are just rumors, I don't even know where they came from. We're not thinking about replacements - we have a super young roster that is only getting into its best form. I doubt we need replacements. In my opinion, everything is great with us. No one on the team is thinking about possible replacements. Such rumors only amuse us."
The information about Perfecto's potential move to Team Spirit was published by the insider JONAS in mid-May 2024. It was speculated that Zalutskiy would replace Miroslav "zont1x" Plakhotya in the line up.