On July 27, T1 played at LCK 2025 round 3-5 and confronted NS Redforce. Despite many difficulties, T1 still won with a score of 2-0. At the end of the match, T1 continued to stay to interact with fans, like the match against Geng on Friday.
At this exchange event, T1 surprised when the notice will extend the contract with Faker. Accordingly, the mid lane born in 1996 has confirmed to stay in the defending team for 4 years, up to 2029. Thus, at the time of expiry of the contract after the next 4 years, Faker will stick with the SKT/T1 organization for 16 consecutive years, from the 2013 season to the present.
The notice of extension with Faker appeared after T1 announced cooperation with Red Sea Global, the Group from Saudi Arabia for 3 years. The fact that Faker re -signed is almost certainly determining that this mid lane will play for the team in the next 4 years, although there are still many concerns about health or hand injury. The possibility, Faker will also retire in T1 shirt when in 2029, Faker will turn 33.
In 2022, Faker announced signing a 3 -year contract with T1, at the time of the suspect that this player will retire to perform military service. However, Faker won the gold medal with the Korean team at ASIAD 2022, and always played a role in the T1 squad despite having a hand injury in the middle of the 2023 season.
After Faker, T1 will consider to extend the contract with the duo Gumayusi and Doran, when the contract of both players will end at the end of the year. Meanwhile, Oner and Keria will end the contract in 2026, which means that the duo born in 2002 will almost certainly play in the 2026 season when both are impressive in recent tournaments.
T1 is currently playing at LCK 2025 round 3-5 in the Legend table. At week 1, this team has just won two victories against Geng and NS Redforce, holding the third place on the rankings. Next week, Faker and T1 will turn to KT Rolster (July 30) and Hanwha Life Esports (August 2).
