by The president of UEFA, Alexander Ceferindeclared to the Slovenian newspaper ‘Delo’ that his unexpected announcement to leave the position in 2027, after the expiration of his current mandate, is due to fatigue and his position that It is not good to “hold on” to a position all your life.
“A few months ago I realized that on Mondays, when I return to Switzerland (UEFA headquarters), Sometimes my stomach cramps and I feel tired. I told myself: ‘think about how to continue,'” explained the Slovenian, who exercises his third term to whom he was elected for the first time in 2016 and re-elected in 2019 and 2023.
“I am tired of fighting the covid pandemic, two wars, meaningless projects like the Super League and various moral authorities that throw logs under your feet,” said.
With the latter he referred, although without mentioning the name, to the Croatian Zvonimir Bobanwho resigned from his position at UEFA in January due to his disagreements with Ceferin and after ensuring that the Slovenian He wanted to modify the organization’s statutes to be able to seek re-election.
Ceferin said he felt “proud to be the captain of a ship that will sail for the next three years”but that it is necessary to show that you have to leave.
“Both in sport and in politics, people cling to chairs because either they are not expelled from the organization or they do not die. That’s not good,’ he thought.
Lawyer by profession and co-owner of a law firm in Slovenia, Ceferin did not reveal its planes for after 2027 Not even if he would eventually enter politics.
