Radenko Mijatović has an open path to a new term at the helm of the NZS: Drago Kos has decided not to stand for election
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With October just around the corner, the Football Association of Slovenia (NZS) will hold an electoral assembly. A new president will be elected at Brdo pri Kranju, but it seems that Radenko Mijatović will continue to hold the reins. He has already announced his bid for a third term, but it may happen that he runs unopposed. Drago Kos, a former Slovenian referee, has decided not to participate in the elections, even though he recently hinted that he could be a competitor to Mijatović.
“With the upcoming elections, I seriously intended to run for the position of president of NZS. In discussions with representatives of almost all stakeholders that matter in Slovenian football, including those who will directly decide on the new president, I found that – despite this year’s successes of our senior and youth national teams and clubs in European competitions – there are many more problems in Slovenian football, and they are much worse than I ever imagined. Although almost everyone knows about these problems, particularly the delegates of the municipal football associations will vote for the current president. Apparently, their goal is for nothing to change for them,” Drago Kos told Delo, thus preemptively conceding the battle, as he is convinced that he could not seriously threaten the successor of Aleksander Čeferin.
Drago Kos, also a referee supervisor with the UEFA Referees Committee, added to the central Slovenian newspaper: “Because I sincerely hope I am mistaken, I have already informed the old-new president about some of these problems, and I will inform him about the others when we meet again. I firmly believe he will take action to address these issues; otherwise, our football will soon find itself in a situation that will be anything but a source of pride for us. I have always been for fair competition, even regarding various candidacies, but competing in circumstances where I have no theoretical chance for a respectable loss is, of course, pointless, and therefore I will not do it.“
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