Rome (AP) – Reports about the death of the well-known player advisor Mino Raiola briefly caused a stir in the football world.
After international media reported on Thursday that the advisor to many stars, including Borussia Dortmund’s exceptional striker Erling Haaland, had died, a denial quickly followed.
“Current state of health for those who are interested: I’m pissed off that they’re killing me for the second time in four months,” said the 54-year-old Italian’s official Twitter profile. “I seem to be able to resurrect.”
It was not clear whether the dazzling consultant posted the tweet himself. It was the first tweet on the verified account since January; At that time he already contradicted reports that he had undergone emergency treatment in a hospital.
Concern about health
The football world is worried about Raiola and his health. The chief physician at the San Raffaele clinic in Milan, where the consultant is being treated, tweeted: “I am outraged by calls from pseudo-journalists speculating about the life of a man who is still struggling.” According to this, Raiola is not doing well. Raiola’s close collaborator, José Fortes Rodriguez, told Dutch broadcaster NOS that while Raiola was alive, it “looked bad”.
Raiola comes from a town south of Naples, but the family moved to the Netherlands as a child. There he was initially a pizza maker, threw up a law degree and then became a player’s agent.
Numerous industry stars under contract
He represents some of football’s biggest and most eccentric stars such as Zlatan Ibrahimovic, world champion Paul Pogba and European champions Gianluigi Donnarumma and Marco Verratti. He is loved by the players and often feared by clubs. He is royally rewarded for his services: In the then record transfer of Pogbas from Juventus Turin to Manchester United for 105 million euros, he is said to have received up to 50 million euros.
Raiola and his company are currently busy with BVB-Sturmass Haaland, which has been associated with several top clubs in Europe for months.