Will Radenko Mijatović be able to reward the architect of success? Matjaž Kek also at Euro 2024, but a new contract will have to be signed

Slovenia has indeed woken up on a rainy Tuesday, but the happiness felt by football fans across the country could hardly be greater. Slovenia is back in the big competition, Slovenia will play at the
Euro 2024
. Who will lead it there, of course, is not in doubt – Matjaž Kek. But it is also true that the outstanding Maribor player, who has led Slovenia to both the European and World Championships, is coming to the end of his contract with
Football Association of Slovenia
.

The contract effectively ends at the end of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, but there is a clear annex that will be activated anyway. “My contract expires at the end of the year. But there is an addendum that says I can lead Slovenia at the European Championships. If the NHS wants it that way, if I want it that way,” explained Matjaž Kek after the victory over Kazakhstan, who is aware that his love affair with the Slovenian national team will have to end one day. But fans are hoping that won’t happen just yet.

Matjaž Kek: “First I will enjoy it”

So will Radenko Mijatović, the President of the NHS, be able to reward the architect of the great success we have been waiting for for 14 years? Could Matjaž Kek sign a new contract before the end of the year? Or will the right time to talk not come until next summer?

“It’s up to you to know when enough is enough. But first, I’m going to enjoy this story. Tomorrow I’m going home, and it’s a good thing it’s not today, I was afraid, because then you know what that would mean. I will go back to my way of life and the routine I have. And he kept on looking. How to proceed? Where next? There will be time enough for that. We have now done the job we set out to do. I very much like to look forward and not back. But looking back five years since that game in Israel… Some of you believed, others didn’t. This is normal. This is our workplace, sometimes you have to suffer a hell of a lot to be as happy as I am today. If you only knew how happy I am…” added Matjaž Kek in his own style about the future on the Slovenian bench.

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