After the reporter Han Bing reported many years later, people recalled the summer window of 2022, and perhaps named it "Rayola Summer Window". Not only because the manager's Haaland and Pogba are likely to complete a blockbuster transfer this summer, but also because the life of the once super agent who has been in football will be frozen forever before this transfer window opens. On the evening of April 30, Beijing time, Laiola's lawyer issued a statement confirming that the famous agent Mino Raioola died of illness at the age of 54.
Germany's Bild newspaper revealed that Raiola had previously suffered from lung disease unrelated to the new crown. At the beginning of the year, he suddenly fell ill in Milan and was forced to undergo surgery at the San Rafael Hospital. Although Raiola denied the Milano Sport newspaper, it did delay the scheduled schedule of negotiating Haaland's transfer with a number of giants. Since then, Raiola has been undergoing treatment at San Rafael Hospital.
On April 28, Italy's Tg La7 television station took the lead in announcing the death of Raiola, and a number of Italian media followed up to confirm. The news quickly spread around the world, and celebrities and fans in the world football world, including Real Madrid, expressed their "condolences".
But things reversed even faster: Laiola's agency opened rumors, close friends and relatives denied the death, and Laiola's personal social media account also appeared: "They wanted to kill me for the second time in 4 months, my health is good, I should be able to recover." ”
Dr. Zagrello of san Rafael's hospital was furious: "I'm angry at the reporter's call that they're denying a man who is trying to stay alive. While the world's mainstream sports media was embarrassed by the "fake news", Ibra also went to the hospital to visit his agent.
Although they came forward to refute the rumors, relatives and friends also admitted that Laiola's situation was "dangerous". The attending doctor told Pamelli, an Italian journalist at beIN Sports, that Laiola was "battling death". Palmeri was also one of the journalists who posted the "death news," though he later deleted the message and apologized.
The New York Times' Panja and J. Rodriguez, who claimed to be Laiola's right-hand man, both revealed the same information. City's representatives also visited the hospital over the weekend to negotiate a Haaland deal with Rayola. Apparently, they realized that they had to make a quick decision, so as not to make the night long and dreamy.
Sadly, City's fears came true: Raiola's life came to an end on Saturday. On April 30, Laiola's lawyer, commissioned by the Laiola family, officially announced the death of the super agent.
Born in Naples, Italy, Laiola's family moved to Harlem, the Netherlands, at the age of 1. Starting as a family pizzeria waiter, Rayola earned her first pot of gold and expanded her family's pizzeria to 11. Already a millionaire at the age of 19, Rayola then moved into commercial real estate and became the director of The Harlem Club. It wasn't until the age of 25 that Laiola entered the football agent field, relying on the transfer of Czech superstar Nedved, who operated twice to make a name for himself. In 2003, Ibrahimovic became his client, placing Raiola among the top brokers.
Although Laiola is known for her greed, she is definitely an indispensable milestone figure in world football.
The 7-lingual economic big win not only contributed to the amazing deals of superstars such as Nedved, Bergkamp, Ibrahimovic, Pogba, Balotelli, Mkhitaryan, Hamsik, Lukaku, De Ligt, Verratti, Matuidi, Donnarumma, etc., and got huge commissions that peers could not match, but also changed the rules of the game in world football - with his all-round "help" to players, the agent began to grasp the absolute initiative in the transfer and play the club in the palm of the hand. At the same time, he also sought the greatest benefit for the player and himself.
With Raiola's death, the media began to explore whether this summer's European football market would usher in a "disruptive" change. His superstars such as Haaland, Pogba, Grafenberg, De Ligt and Lukaku could have changed their doors this summer: Manchester City, Greater Paris and Bayern are competing for Haaland, Greater Paris and Real Madrid are interested in Pogba, and Manchester United are interested in Grafenberg. De Ligt and Lukaku are also expected to add value to their interests through another transfer.
Among these superstars, Haaland's transfer in particular has attracted the most attention. Dortmund hopes haaland will be able to determine where to go in the spring and can find a replacement as early as possible. But because of Raiola's sudden hospitalization and surgery at the beginning of the year, Haaland has not yet determined the future. Dortmund's disappointment was even greater this time, as Raiola never had the possibility of completing the negotiations herself.
Without the huge influence that Rayola has accumulated over the years, as well as his clever words and negotiation strategy, whether Haaland and Pogba will still have the advantage in the upcoming transfer negotiations and whether they will get the satisfactory contract will be marked with a huge question mark.
Raiola's cousin Vincenzo Raiola is now at the helm of the family's brokerage firm. Intriguingly, shortly after the news of Laiola's death broke on Thursday, Vincenzo personally visited the Juventus club, seemingly to create all the normal appearances of Laiola's company, but more like an attempt to inherit the family business.
In fact, after Raiola was admitted to the hospital at the beginning of the year, he had begun to share the brokerage business with his cousin Vincenzo and other right-hand men, and it seemed that there were signs of arranging things in advance. Laiola's brokerage company will continue to operate in the modern company's operating model, but in the company that has lost its spiritual leader and career core, the successor Venenzo is not Mino after all, and whether he can maintain or even continue to carry forward the foundation laid by his cousin's painstaking management is also a huge question.