Raiola.
On the evening of April 30, according to the lawyer's confirmation, the famous agent of world football, the Italian Laiola, died suddenly due to illness, at the age of 54, and the cause of death has not yet been announced.
On the previous 28th, Laiola had been disclosed by a number of Italian media that she had died, but then she herself published a rebuttal of the rumor, but Laiola was indeed seriously ill.
As the top agent in football, Laiola's players include Pogba, Ibrahimovic, Haaland, Donnarumma, Lukaku, Jesse Lingard, and Balotelli of that year.
There are too many successful examples in Laiola's managerial career, such as bringing Ibrahimovic from the Dutch league to the top five leagues, becoming one of the greatest stars. For example, he can always maximize the interests of the players, and use all means to the extreme.
Raiola (left) made Ibrahimovic where he is today.
For decades in football, Raiola once became the representative of the "vampire".
In addition to relatively transparent income, some agents help the club get the players they want, or help the players join the clubs they want, and they will charge a lot of "kickbacks", which often far exceed the commission share.
Taking haaland, who is currently in hot form, for example, his transfer to Borussia Dortmund cost only 20 million euros, but the Milan Sports Newspaper revealed that Rayola, as a transfer consultant, was credited with 15 million euros.
In addition, on the issue of the renewal of Pogba and Manchester United, it was also Laiola who stuck to death, resulting in Pogba and the Red Devils looking at each other for many years...
Pogba, Nedved, Bergkamp, Mkhitaryan, Balotelli and Robinho were all agents of Rayola.
Although the outside world has always been full of criticism, for players, a good agent is a "signpost" for careers.
For Laiola, in addition to the cunning and greed at the commercial level, his role in the development of the player's career cannot be avoided, and he can win better contracts for players and more suitable clubs for development.
In this regard, Raiola has been written into the history of football.
The death of Raiola will surely trigger a major earthquake in the transfer window of European football this summer, and the question of the fate of players such as Haaland and Pogba will surely set off new waves.