Media: NiKo to join Falcons after Shanghai Major

G2 superstar Nikola "⁠ NiKo ⁠" Kovač is on course to joining  Falcons  after the ongoing season concludes at the Perfect World Shanghai Major, multiple reports suggest.

French streamer and leaker Sebastien "⁠KRL⁠" Perez first said on Saturday that G2 and  Falcons  reached an agreement to transfer the Bosnian at the beginning of 2025 and that the deal only hinged on a signature from  NiKo .

A Sheep Esports report followed two days later with the information that the agreement was accepted on Monday and that the transfer is worth between $1 to $1.2 million. It also says that  NiKo  plans to accept a three-year contract with  Falcons  starting on January 1.

This is the second time that  Falcons  are after  NiKo . When the Saudi Arabian organization's ambitious new roster was being built at the end of 2023, the Bosnian was all but confirmed to join the likes of Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif and Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer on the roster, until he decided to stay with G2 for the 2024 season in a last-minute U-turn.

After failing to land the No. 2 player of 2023,  Falcons  have struggled to make good on the high ambitions they set after landing Magisk and Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen from  Vitality  in a bid to create a new Counter-Strike superpower.

Their best result in 2024 remains a top-four finish at IEM Katowice from the beginning of the year, when  Falcons  still featured Mohammad "⁠BOROS⁠" Malhas on the roster.

The Jordanian was replaced on the team by Peter "⁠dupreeh⁠" Rasmussen just two months later in the aftermath of their failure to qualify for PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen, but the change has done little to improve their results.

In their five months with the 31-year-old,  Falcons  failed to make it to the playoffs at three consecutive Big Events and only achieved modest success in smaller tournaments with a top-four finish at BetBoom Dacha Belgrade and second place at ESL Challenger Jönköping.

Falcons  are currently deep into their campaign at the second edition of BetBoom Dacha Belgrade, having just qualified for the playoffs. They're also playing for a spot at IEM Rio in the European closed qualifier, which runs concurrently with the event taking place in Serbia.