Fnatic has announced that Valorant player Emir ‘Alfajer’ Ali Beder will be returning to the starting roster for finals weekend of Valorant Champions Paris 2025 after previously missing the last Upper Bracket match against Paper Rex due to health issues.
Alfajer is now ready to return to the tournament, where he will be joining the other Fnatic team members to play against NRG on Friday, with the hope of progressing to the Champions final.
Alfajer’s Return
Announcing the news on social media, Fnatic said: “The final boss returns. Thrilled to announce Alfajer’s all cleared and healthy, and will be rejoining us vs NRG this Friday! We’ll also be keeping doma in Paris for finals weekend for the extra buff.”
The final boss returns 👑
Thrilled to announce @Alfajervl’s all cleared and healthy, and will be rejoining us vs @NRGgg this Friday!
We’ll also be keeping @domaVALORANT in Paris for finals weekend for the extra buff. pic.twitter.com/OR5b91R3Zw
— FNATIC (@FNATIC) October 1, 2025
Fnatic’s team director that a private doctor was called in to assist and help expedite the process.
“The private doctor we found here in Paris was great after what was a really rough hospital experience. Very communicative & helped us expedite all of the tests/appts we needed … Let’s win it all now.”
The private doctor we found here in Paris was great after what was a really rough hospital experience. Very communicative & helped us expedite all of the tests/appts we needed. Happy that we got the all clear today & that we can go into the NRG game whole.
Let’s win it all now. https://t.co/AJ6OFGLEC4
— FNATIC CoJo (@CoJoPM) October 1, 2025
Fnatic’s Success
Thus far, Fnatic has had a very successful competitive season, and are looking strong at Valorant Champs too. They managed to defeat DRX 2-1, before the team had to deal with competing against Paper Rex without Alfajer.
However, they managed to get the victory against their opponent with an emergency substitute, Domagoj ‘Doma’ Fancev from Enterprise Esports.
He had 16 hours’ notice before the match, and had four hours of sleep and a flight to Paris the same day of the match, as said in his post on X.
“Hi, what can I say?” he said. “4 hours of sleep straight from airport to venue and we won GG. Alfajer speedy recovery brother.”
Hi, what can I say, 4 hours of sleep straight from airport to venue and we won GG @Alfajervl speedy recovery brotha
Big thanks to @alexrr_official @enterprise_esp @CoJoPM for making it happen 🫡
— Doma (@domaVALORANT) September 28, 2025
All in all, there has been a series of victories across the board for Fnatic’s Valorant team, and now the full squad is back together for the match against NRG on Friday, October 2, with Doma on hand in the event of an emergency.
What Was Wrong With Alfajer?
At the time of writing, Alfajer hasn’t opened up about what his health issues were, but it’s unlikely he would have missed such an important match for something that he didn’t feel was major or possible to play through.
His return will no doubt be a huge boost to his Fnatic teammates, especially as the grand final and Valorant Champions glory are so tantalisingly close.