The Italian ‘super agent’ of football stars such as Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mino Raiola is said to be ‘very ill’ and not dead as widely reported.
Gatekeepers News reports that Raiola had been in intensive care for a lung condition not linked to COVID, before initial reports emerged from International agencies that he’d passed away on Thursday afternoon.
And a tweet on the agent’s official Twitter account was posted at 1.41pm, which said: “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate.”
Raiola was born in Italy in 1967 before spending much of his youth in the Netherlands. He made his name working on transfers for players such as Dennis Bergkamp and Pavel Nedved, establishing himself as one of football’s most high profile intermediaries.
Other high profile clients include Erling Haaland, Romelu Lukaku and Gianluigi Donnarumma.
