Mino Raiola died. He was Ibra’s attorney, De Ligt

Mino Raiola died. The well-known football prosecutor had been ill for some time. He was 54, he had undergone an operation last January and had gotten worse in recent weeks.

The carreer

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Born in Nocera Inferiore, he grew up in the Netherlands where he worked in the family pizzeria before embarking on a career as a sports agent, initially with the powers of some Dutch footballers such as Bergkamp and Jonk and then expanding his sphere more and more to become one of the most powerful and feared agents of global football. From Ibrahimovic to Robinho, from Pogba to Balotelli, from Lukaku to De Ligt, just to name some of the main transfers with the intermediation of Raiola, which in 2020 earned 85 million dollars according to Forbes. In recent years Raiola, together with Mendes, Barnett and Manasseh, has created an association of super prosecutors in open conflict with FIFA and its intention to reform the category.