Claims from FIFA and contempt for Ibrahimovic. What did Agent Raiola remember?

On Saturday, one of the most famous football agents in the world, Mino Raiola, died. The stories of the most famous players with whom Raiola has worked,

On April 28, the British publications Mirror and Sun, as well as CNN journalist Tancredi Palmeri, reported on Twitter that football agent Mino Raiola had died at the age of 55. The Mirror noted that Raiola struggled with lung disease. Mino Raiola later denied media reports of his death on Twitter.

“Current HEALTH for those interested: furious that they are killing me for the second time in four months. I seem to be able to resurrect, ”the message in the agent’s account says.

However, on Saturday, April 30, a message about the death of the agent appeared on the official Twitter account of the Mino Raiola family.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce that the most caring and most incredible football agent who has ever lived has died. Mino fought to the very end with the same zeal that he put into negotiations, protecting his players. Mino's work has touched the lives of so many people and written a new chapter in the history of modern football," the Raiola family said in a statement.

Raiola was considered one of the most influential football agents in the world along with the Portuguese Jorge Mendes. Raiola's clients included such football stars as Erling Haaland, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Matthijs de Ligt and others.

Mino Raiola was born in 1967 in a small town in southern Italy, but already a year later his family moved to the Netherlands. Since the early 1990s, he has been an agent with Sports Promotions. With his participation, the company accompanied several transfers from Holland and vice versa. Subsequently, Raiola left the company and became an independent agent.

Raiola's first sole transfer was the transfer of one of the most status footballers in the history of Czech football, Pavel Nedvěd, from Sparta Prague to Italian Lazio.

FORBES estimates Mino Raiola's net worth at $84.7 million.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

The transfer fee is €4 million.

When Raiola first became interested in the Swedish Ajax striker and tried to get closer to him through his other client, Maxwell, Zlatan replied that he was only interested in specifics. To which Raiola sent a young talent in an indecent form. Ibrahimovic realized that he had finally found a worthy companion. Now he couldn't help but accept Raiola's offer.

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Their first meeting will go down in history thanks to the wonderful dialogues:

You think you're a cool footballer, right?

- Yes. I am Zlatan. God's Son.

“You know what, Zlatan. Believe me: for me - you are nobody. You score so few goals that with your playing style it would be easier for you to get a job in the circus.

The most expensive transfer in the history of Ibrahimovic was a transfer from Inter to Barcelona for almost € 70 million. Later there were transfers to Milan, PSG, Manchester United and a business trip to a club from MLS. Now Zlatan plays in Milan, but this summer he can become a free agent.

Henrikh Mkhitaryan

The transfer fee is €10 million.

The captain of the Armenian national team and the main star of Armenian football. Record transfer - €42 million from Borussia Dortmund to Manchester United in the summer of 2016. Henrikh's career in Manchester will not be as expressive as it seemed at the time of the transfer, and after 1.5 years the player moved to Arsenal, but in 2019 Mkhitaryan left for Roma. In 2020, the player moved to Rome as a free agent.

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RB Sport journalist Sergei Yegorov wrote that in the summer of 2022, Mkhitaryan could move to Dynamo Moscow as a free agent. The TV channel "Match TV" reported that before that the player had refused "Zenith" and "Krasnodar".

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At the moment, the transfer value of the player is 10 million euros.

“I will miss you, My Agent, My Best Friend, My Family. You will always be with us,” Mkhitaryan wrote on Twitter in memory of Mino Raiola

Erling Holland

The transfer fee is €150 million.

Raiola's most expensive football player client at the moment. In this transfer window, the 21-year-old Norwegian could become the main "wild card" of the summer transfers. Various media reported interest from Manchester City, Barcelona and Real Madrid. Transfermarket values ​​the player at €130m, but the buyout value of the player is €68m. In addition to a personal contract for the 21-year-old Norwegian, the buying club will have to pay a commission to Raiola, and The Sun claims Mino values ​​​​his services as an intermediary at £47m .

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Given Haaland's expected salary of £21.3m a year, Erling's purchase and maintenance for five years would cost over £215m in total.

For Borussia Dortmund, Haaland has already scored 80 goals in 78 matches and scored 21 assists. Haaland has an extension clause in his contract, but Haaland himself does not intend to use this option and wants to move to a new club this summer.

Mattis De Ligt

The transfer fee is €70 million.

The Dutch defender has become one of the personifications of Ajax 2019, which took place in the Champions League Real Madrid and Juventus and stopped one minute from the final of the European tournament. De Ligt left the club as part of a big sale and joined the ranks of Juventus for € 85 million. However, Barcelona initially wanted to get the player. According to the Spanish newspaper Marca, the management of the clubs have already agreed on the transfer of De Ligt for €70 million, but Raiola wanted to receive 20% (€14 million) for the deal instead of the accepted 5-10% as a commission.

Initially, in Juventus, the defender did not have proper game practice due to the presence of defenders Leonardo Bonucci and Giorgio Chielini in the line-up. However, this season the player began to play at the base and has already become an integral part of the updated Juventus.

The current contract is valid until 2024. There are some mentions in the press of interest in the player from other clubs, however, if Juventus will sell the player, then obviously only at the end of next season, signing an extension of the agreement. Club legend Del Piero calls De Ligt "the new Chielini" and asks the club's management not to sell him anytime soon.

Gianluigi Donnaruma

The transfer fee is €65 million.

The PSG goalkeeper joined the Paris club last summer by joining a free transfer from AC Milan. The Italian club wanted to keep the goalkeeper, however, La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper reported that the player's agent Mino Raiola requested €20m in lifting money for himself. Milan refused. The French club was able to give a contract until 2026 and a salary of up to €12 million per year. Thus, Donnaruma will earn almost €60 million in Paris.

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“I have not regretted Donnarumma's agreement with PSG. There are no problems and the situation is under control,” journalist Fabrizio Romano quoted Raiola on Twitter.

Paul Pogba

The transfer fee is €55 million.

“There is one agent that I just don't like. I felt distrust of Mino Raiola from the first minute,” Sir Alex Ferguson said of Mina Rayon in his autobiography. Pogba joined Juventus as a free agent, signing a four-year contract with the club. In 2016, the player returned to Manchester for a record €105m. Agent Mino Raiola earned around €49m in commissions for the transfer of the midfielder from Juvenus to Manchester United, according to Football Leaks. The 51-year-old representative of the French midfielder sold the player for 15 million more than it was supposed in the agreement with the Bianconeri.

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FIFA conducted an internal investigation into this transfer, recommending that sanctions be applied to the participants in the transaction. However, the FIFA leadership ignored these recommendations.

In an interview with the newspaper La Republicca, Raiola spoke extremely harshly about Manchester

“This club is completely out of touch with reality and does not care about the sporting component. I personally am not going to offer them any player. They would ruin the careers of Maradona, Pele and Maldini if ​​they agreed to play for them. The field needs a real club like Juventus used to be,” Raiola said.

In response, former Red Devils player Rio Ferdinand advised Pogba to "shut up your agent" and communicate directly with the club's bosses. Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane was even more specific in an interview with SkySports: “Let those guys go. Stop kowtowing to those agents and players who I don't think deep down want to be part of this club." Gary Neville also joined the irritated chorus, calling Pogba a "leech" and a "golden egg".

In 2022, the Frenchman ends his contract with Manchester United. With the arrival of new manager Eric Ten Hag, Pogba's future at Old Trafford is as bleak as possible. The player is unhappy at the club, which is also indicated by the player's agent. Journalist Rudy Galetti reports that Juventus Turin have already sent United an offer for a player with a contract worth €9 million per season. It is quite possible that next season we will see Pogba again in the Italian club's shirt. Also, information appeared in the press about Raiola's contacts regarding Pogba's future with Real Madrid and PSG.

Other Mino Raiola clients with a transfer value of over €20m:

Marco Verratti (PSG) – €55m

Stéphane de Vrij (Inter) - €35m

Irving Lozano (Napoli) - €35m

Ryan Gravenberh (Ajax) - €35m

Moise Keane (Juventus) - €28m

Donyell Malen (Borussia Dortmund) – €27m

Nussair Mazraoui (Ajax) - €20 million

Alessio Romagnoli (Milan) - €20 million

Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) €20m