Wilton "⁠zews⁠" Prado will not be able to attend the upcoming ELEAGUE Premier, the Liquid coach has announced.

On Twitter, the 30-year-old coach revealed that he will have to return to Brazil due to health issues, with a further update on the matter to be issued "in the coming days".

The news comes as a blow to Liquid, who will be eager to bounce back from a group stage exit at ESL One Cologne following defeats to BIG and North.

zews will sit out ELEAGUE Premier due to health issues

The North American side have been drawn in Group A of ELEAGUE Premier along with Astralis, Cloud9 and MIBR. In their first match, Nick "⁠nitr0⁠" Cannella's men will take on the ex-SK squad, who will be attending their first event with Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik.

MIBR #6 Gabriel 'FalleN' ToledoTarik 'tarik' CelikFernando 'fer' AlvarengaJake 'Stewie2K' YipMarcelo 'coldzera' David BIG #7 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' MagetOwen 'smooya' Butterfield Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiEpitacio 'TACO' de MeloRussel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Wilton 'zews' Prado Age: 30 Team: LiquidC Cloud9 #14 Tyler 'Skadoodle' LathamWilliam 'RUSH' WierzbaTimothy 'autimatic' Ta Nick 'nitr0' Cannella Age: 22 Team: Liquid Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 893 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 Astralis #1 Andreas 'Xyp9x' HøjslethPeter 'dupreeh' RasmussenLukas 'gla1ve' RossanderNicolai 'device' ReedtzEmil 'Magisk' Reif North #10 Mathias 'MSL' LauridsenPhilip 'aizy' AistrupMarkus 'Kjaerbye' KjærbyeValdemar 'valde' Bjørn Vangså Tarik 'tarik' Celik Age: 22 Team: MIBR Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 892 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.68