Milan Mandaric makes a big revelation: did the Football Association of Slovenia really persuade him to return to Olimpija?

Published on 16. January 2023 16. January 2023

Although it’s been a year since he left Olimpija, Milan Mandaric hasn’t forgotten about the Ljubljana club . But today, the experienced businessman does not have a good opinion of both Olimpija and Slovenia. “Slovenia did something for me. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s not. It killed my enthusiasm for football,“, Milan Mandaric pointed out as a guest on the talk show
Business Witnesses
(Business Stories) and, among other things, reiterated a joke he had made some time ago, which had caused quite a stir among the Slovenian public.

Repeating the joke that angered Slovenians

“When God created the Earth, he also created Switzerland. A beautiful country. With mountains, rivers, lakes. Then he got to Slovenia and said, ‘Uh, I’ve gone a bit overboard here!’. So what should I do now? But he sent down a total of Slovenians to create a balance. When I first said this, the Slovenians were very angry. They called me and asked how I could say such things. Come on, come on. It’s a joke! You make 40 jokes every day about Mu and Has, and not a single Bosnian has complained. It was a joke, it was a joke. Laugh at her! ‘I’m not going to laugh!’ I heard. Why didn’t he laugh? Because he is one of those who have fallen down. I never saw him again,“, said the former first man of the Ljubljana Green-Whites.

Two-hour talk with the Alliance

The 84-year-old businessman, who made his fortune in the United States, then went on to make a high-profile revelation – claiming that he was even
Football Association of Slovenia
had been persuading him to return to the helm of Olimpija. “I was with the liaison for two hours. They tried in every possible way to convince me to come back. If yes, there is a group of people who want to buy Olimpija, but only if I come back. I said there is no chance. A donkey only goes on the ice once. There is no second time. Because the first time he slipped and fell and hurt himself. It can’t anymore,” said Milan Mandaric, adding graphically.I have made the American, English, French and Belgian dreams come true. Not the Slovenian ones.”

Delius talks to dragons

The former president of Olimpija also revealed that he is to attend a mediation session in court on 2 February regarding the €1 million allegedly owed to him by Adam Delius. Milan Mandaric does not have the best opinion of the latter: “I don’t know why these Germans came to Olympia in the first place. To this day, I don’t know who they are. They have put the club at risk. They owe everyone money and do stupid things. The President comes three times a year to see how the club is doing. He talks to the dragons on the bridge, who tell him to buy Olimpija. I have lived near there for seven years and they have never spoken to me. When I told him that, he got angry (laughs).”