- Chelsea Becirevic moved interstate to follow AFL star
- He told his 66,000 followers about the change last November.
- After just seven months, he’s had enough of the city.
Football’s most popular new WAG Chelsea Becirevic has left the country and her football star boyfriend because she can’t stand living in Adelaide after moving there to be with him just seven months ago.
The marketer and influencer told her more than 65,000 social media followers that she was “excited for a change” when she followed her man Ivan Soldo to the City of Churches last November, when he was transferred from Richmond to Port Adelaide.
However, he proved that the novelty of living in ‘Radelaide’ has really worn off in an Instagram post on Thursday in which he announced that he is moving to Dubai to start a new life working for an airline.
Responding to questions from her followers, the 23-year-old said she “always wanted to work for Emirates, live in Dubai and travel the world.” So that’s exactly what I’m going to do.’
Chelsea Becirevic wasn’t 100 per cent sure how she would cope with life in Adelaide when she moved there with her soccer star boyfriend last November.
The 23-year-old’s partner Ivan Soldo (pictured together) made the move when he was traded from Richmond to Port Adelaide after the 2023 AFL season ended.
Becirevic is not only leaving Adelaide behind: he is moving to Dubai to pursue his dream of working for an airline and traveling the world.
When asked if she would take someone with her, Becirevic responded: “Doing this alone.” I’ve never moved anywhere alone, so it will be nice to gain some independence.
“I’ve always wanted to move abroad, so I think it will be an exciting new chapter for me.”
While she emphasized that she and Soldo have no issues, she revealed: “He had to move to Adelaide for his career and honestly, it’s been a struggle for me.”
“(Living in Adelaide) just isn’t for me permanently,” he added, followed by a black heart emoji.
‘Temporarily it’s fine. But long term, I think Melbourne or the Gold Coast are for me… maybe even Syd.’
Before moving to the City of Churches, the influencer said she had heard “mixed reviews” and now says living there permanently “is just not for me.”
The marketer and biomedical sciences student hopes to maintain a long-distance relationship with Soldo, but admits it will be difficult due to the nature of his career.
Soldo (pictured left playing against Melbourne) has not said anything publicly about the big change in his love life.
When asked how Soldo was coping with the news, Becirevic showed his sense of humor by posting this photo of him accompanied by the words “he’s taking it very well.”
When a follower asked how Soldo was taking the news, Becirevic showed his sense of humor by posting a photo of him facing the corner of an elevator with his hands at his sides accompanied by the words ‘surprisingly taking it very well.’
She also wrote that they plan to keep their relationship “long distance for a while” and for him to travel with her in the off-season, but also admitted that they will have issues with his inability to visit her before Port’s campaign ends later this year. .
Becirevic’s concerns about Adelaide were foreshadowed when the biomedical sciences student first announced the move last November, shortly after she attracted attention and was announced as one of Australia’s most popular WAGs when she and Soldo attended the Richmond’s best and fairest awards.
“To be honest, I can’t say I ever thought I’d ever move to Adelaide,” he wrote.
‘I’ve never been to Adelaide before so I really have no idea what to expect…and I hear a lot of mixed reviews.
His move to Adelaide even sparked a war of words between columnists from rival newspapers.
‘It’s not forever, but who knows, he might end up loving me. Excited for a new chapter and meeting new people.’
When the couple met two years ago, she ruled out a long-distance relationship, insisting it was “not an option”.
“I know how much I would hate it and fight it, so I’ll take it,” he wrote.
Becirevic’s move to South Australia was the subject of a turf war between two high-profile newspaper columnists last October.
Melbourne-based Jackie Epstein questioned whether she would be able to “make do with the state capital’s “low-energy lifestyle”, while Adelaide-based Kara Jung responded by accusing her rival of writing a “mean little joke” and saying that city residents “rolled their eyes and smiled at the poor mistake.”
