HenryG confirms Cloud9 will sign a sixth CS:GO player

Having six professional players on a Counter-Strike: Global Offensive roster is quite a fashionable thing at the moment. With the uncertainty a global pandemic brings, plus the threat of burnout and injury, many organisations have pivoted to bringing in additional players to plug the gap in their schedules. This is something Cloud9's new general manager Henry 'HenryG' Greer wants to explore, but with a twist.

Speaking on the HLTV Confirmed show, the former caster says he's looking to sign a sixth man to the team soon, but that this player will play an active part in the team's training and practice schedule.

"I plan to announce a sixth player as we open up shop," HenryG says. "I'm going to have an active sixth player who's not going to be on the bench as it were, he's going to be actively playing, he'll be more of a brand ambassador while we're setting the operation up and getting the team stabilised.

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