What kind of person is Laiola in people's mouths? After throwing this question out, most of the people who got were "tough, greedy, cunning" feedback, and even some more sharp expressions, admittedly, this is not unrelated to what the Italians have done over the years, and many things are done by himself, which makes people have such an intuitive impression.
But I have to say that in the field of professional sports agents, "pulling fat people" has become a unique type of person, as long as he signs a potential player, he can basically get a big contract, the future is likely to join the top giants, although he "offended" many clubs, and many football people have had conflicts, but many players are still willing to become a member of his team, the reason is very simple, that is, under the tree is cool, there are such "horizontal" agents, are you afraid of not getting a high salary? However, with his death, the international football world will usher in a big shock, where will the players signed by it go in the future, and can those intentions that have been agreed before finally take shape? These are all questions, of course, the most intuitive impact may be, will there be "big fish" in this summer's transfer market?
Its big-name stars gathered and once controlled the transfer market "half the sky"
The "life and death" of a professional football agent can get widespread attention from all walks of life in the media around the world, and Rayola is really the first person in the world. Growing up in the Netherlands with his parents, although he failed to become a good professional player, Laiola, who knew the rules and was willing to think, soon became the owner of a small club and stepped into professional football. According to incomplete statistics, he began to operate Bergkamp from Ajax to Join Inter Milan in 1993, and in the past 30 years, he has completed nearly 30 transfers involving top giants and current well-known stars through his hands, including Ibrahimovic's multiple transfers, Pogba to Manchester United and other transfers.
According to the data, from the mid-to-late 1990s, Laiola's agent company began to gradually "emerge" in international football, especially in the early years of this century, his ability to recruit "elites" and negotiate between various clubs made him a world-famous agent, many players once regarded becoming a member of the "Rayola" family as a goal of struggle, because once you enter his vision, it means that your ability has been partially recognized. At the same time, there are great opportunities to play in higher leagues and teams.
Previously, the media had announced a list of Laiola's players, which included many of the first-line superstars in today's football, such as Haaland, whose current value is still soaring, young Dutch centre-back De Ligt, Italy's donaroma, etc., of course, this is also indispensable to the veteran Ibrahimovic who has brought him a lot of income and Pogba, who made him a lot of money with a deal. It is difficult to say whether the players have achieved the fat man, or whether he has achieved these players, but it can only be said that in the past years, he did control the "half of the sky" of the transfer market. ”
The unspoken topic has been disputed with a number of clubs
Looking back at the media reports about 10 years ago, there is such a word "infamous" in the expression of Raiola, and the conflicts with him at that time were basically the top management of various clubs, because the Italians did not play cards according to the routine, breaking the "rules" of many transfers, so that the club suffered a lot of losses, including Barcelona, they had a bad relationship with Raiola because of Ibrahimovic's trade, which also had chelsea later. Their CEO Marina even clashed directly with Rafale himself, most of which was due to differences in interests, and of course, the Italian's mouth was unobstructed.
The Spanish media has compiled a quote from the super agent and listened to what he once said. He said of Guardiola: "Peppe Guardiola, as a coach, is very good. As a human being, he is an absolute zero. A coward, a dog;" he said of Ferguson again: "He is not jazzy at all, he chooses players according to his preferences for agents;" Of course, in the face of FIFA, he did not say anything good: "FIFA is like a dictator, they are always dictatorial. FIFA should only consider organizing the World Cup, even in this regard they are terrible. ”
And even in the face of Ibrahimovic, who made him no less money, Laiola did not save face for the Swedes at all, and each negotiation was tough to the extreme. Ibrahimovic wrote in his autobiography: "I don't want to ruin my good relationship with the Galaxy owner, if Laiola had been involved in negotiations after my first year in the United States, he would have asked for all sorts of things, for the Americans, he was too tough, he would break everything, and I couldn't play in the United States." Raiola was very upset about this and I didn't know until today that he never forgave me because I let him down. ”
It may affect the transfer trend this summer
As an absolute topic figure, and has the ability to influence the world football transfer market, Rayola's actions in the two transfer windows of European football every year are very interesting, but with his death, what kind of scene will appear in the European transfer market this summer is really exciting. Because according to previous news, his Dortmund player Haaland and Manchester United player Pogba will switch to the new team, and goalkeeper Donnarumma, who is playing in Paris, has heard that it is also possible to return to his old club, so can all this be achieved?
In fact, the operation of a transfer is far more complicated than everyone thinks, drafting relevant documents and discussing the details with the club and the players themselves, these things require a lot of manpower and effort, so many times, the parties involved in the transfer will privately agree on a rough framework agreement, which is what everyone calls "verbal agreement", and then conduct detailed and in-depth discussion and finally reach an agreement. Many times, Rayola and her team members will complete some of these agreements in advance, but this time, it is really unclear whether these previous "agreements" are still counted.
For the players, the sudden death of such an agent boss will also have a big impact on their future careers, after all, the players under the big company get more opportunities, which is obvious, so now after the accident, whether they are looking for another high or staying behind, this is a problem that needs to be solved. In any case, Raiola's departure will make haaland and Pogba's transfer some variables, as to whether the result is to go or stay, or let time give the answer.
Text/Beiqing Sports Zhang Kunlong