The agent of stars like Haaland, Pogba or Ibrahimovic has died at the age of 54
Mino Raiola, one of the most prestigious representatives in world football and agent for international stars such as Erling Haaland, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Romelu Lukaku, has died at the age of 54.
Already last January, Raiola was admitted to the San Rafael hospital in Milan for a lung condition, which sparked rumors about his state of health, denied by a statement in which it was ensured that the agent “was subjected to ordinary medical check-ups requiring anaesthesia”. “There has been no emergency intervention,” he continued.
Born in 1967 in Nocera Inferiore, in the province of Salerno, in southern Italy, he moved to Haarlem, in the Netherlands, shortly after with his parents. There he played football in his youth and worked in the family pizzeria, before making the leap as a representative with the transfer of Denis Bergkamp from Ajax to Inter Milan.
Currently, he was one of the most prestigious agents in the world, with a list of footballers that also includes Robinho, Balotelli, De Ligt, Donnarumma and Moise Kean. He also faced a particularly busy summer market, with two priority issues on the agenda: the hypothetical transfer of Haaland from Borussia Dortmund to one of the big European clubs and Pogba’s departure from Manchester United, the club with which his contract ends at the end of this season, being one of the coveted pieces.
