Lukawa on Satanic’s signing: “A new transfer record has been set, and it won’t be broken for a long time.”
On September 28, the esports organization PARIVISION announced the signing of Alan “Satanic” Gallamov from Team Spirit. The Russian-speaking Dota 2 community took to social media to discuss the 18-year-old carry’s move.
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Team Spirit manager Dmitry “Korb3n” Belov explained the reasons for selling the player in a conversation with his followers:
[Post: It’s strange that they paid so much money, even though, in theory, they could have continued to loan him out or bought him out at a lower price if there was a year left on his contract.] It doesn’t work that way. The loan agreement is for one year. It expired after TI2026.
There were plenty of teams interested in signing Alan. This is a standard sports transfer. Besides, when any loan agreement is initially signed, future terms are discussed. This was a classic transfer deal—no problems. Thanks, Pari.
[Comment: Why sell your main asset?] Besides, the reasons for any Spirit transfer are:
1) The player’s wishes are taken
into account 2) No contract lasts forever (unfortunately 🤣)
We don’t just think about the player. No contract is endless; a player who isn’t in the starting lineup won’t renew it.
BetBoom Team manager Luka “Lukawa” Nasuashvili stated that Satanic’s transfer was the most expensive in the discipline of all time:
A new transfer record has been set, and it won’t be broken for a long time 🤑
Commentator Vladimir “Maelstorm” Kuzminov speculated on how much PARIVISION paid for the player:
Everything you need to know. Simply put, a huge amount of money from PARIVISION was transferred to Spirit. <…>
It’s estimated that Satanic’s transfer cost more than $500,000.
A record amount in Western Dota (there have been higher figures in China), but a pittance by CS:GO standards.
Streamer Timur “Ahilles” Kulmukhambetov believes the amount could have reached $1 million:
Satanik was sold for the equivalent of one Tier 1.5 roster.
I think it was somewhere between 750k and 1.2 million bucks.
If people are going to throw around terms like “the biggest transfer in Dota,” then the figure would be somewhere around that.
And overall, there will never be transfers like this in Dota again in the future. The trend of declining funding in the industry hasn’t gone anywhere. Therefore, Satanic will go down in history as the MOST expensive player in the world. A sort of GOLDEN BOY
Commentator Rustam “Adekvat” Mavlyutov noted that Satanic’s signing should pay off for the organization:
PV has bought out Satanic—completely and for the long term. No matter how much it cost the organization, I think it’ll pay off in full.
Read also: Nix on Satanic: “He’s just a perfect carry machine, but he’s not a leader—he’ll never lead people.”
PARIVISION has kept its roster intact ahead of the new Dota 2 season, and Alan “Satanic” Galliamov has become a permanent member of the roster. The team will compete at BLAST SLAM VIII, which begins today, September 29. In their first match, PV will face Level UP.
Photo — Valve.
