The agent Mino Raiola passed away this Saturday at 54 years of age, after his delicate state of health was reported in recent days, his family made it known on his own Twitter account Raiola.
Although Italian media had confirmed the death from Mino Raiola Last Thursday, on his Twitter account and several journalists denied these rumors, because at that time, according to the agent, it was not the first time that they thought he was dead.
Mino Raiola He had been hospitalized since last January in the ICU of the San Raffaele hospital in Milan, although the illness that had him in bed was not disclosed. According to Brand, Raiola He suffered from “serious lung ailments” that he could not overcome.
the family message
The death of Mino Raiola leaves a void that will be difficult to fill by another agent; the Italian had a client portfolio of more than 70 footballers, some of them being the highest value in the European market.
Via Twitter, the family used the agent’s account to communicate his death. This is the message:
“It is with infinite sorrow that we announce the death of Mino, the most extraordinary agent ever. Mino has fought until the last moment with all his might as he did to defend footballers. He has written an indelible chapter in the history of modern football. always and his project of making the world of football a better place for players will be carried out with the same passion”.
Mino Raiola, born in Nocera Inferiore in Italy in 1967, did not start his career linked to football or anything like that. ‘Mino’ began cleaning dishes in his father’s pizzeria in the Netherlands.
His career took off in the last 20 years, managing to close operations that involved footballers of the stature of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pavel Nedved or Paul Pogba.
In 2016 and 2020 he was awarded as the best agent of the year for what earned him to be recognized as the ‘King of the soccer market’ thanks to the operations he carried out and which included stratospheric figures.
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