Reporter Han Bing reported that on May 5, many world football superstars gathered in Monte Carlo, Monaco, to attend Raiola's funeral. Although Raiola's family went down to Jane, the superstars who attended the funeral were enough to prove the influence of the deceased: Haaland, Ibrahima, Donnarumma, Verratti, De Ligt, Fabrigas, Nedved...
Raiola has been buried in the settled Monaco, but the monstrous waves he set off during his lifetime are still enough to mark this era. He almost single-handedly changed the rules of football power in the era of globalization, and his strength to maximize the interests of players was almost synchronized with the outbreak of the world football industry in the 21st century, allowing players to seize the initiative in the confrontation with the club. It is a great pity that The club owners are afraid of Laiola, but her own life is so fragile, the huge "star empire" legacy is hanging in the air, and the summer market in European football will be profoundly affected.
When the American "Sports Illustrated" "covered the coffin" of Raiola, it ranked him alongside Jobs, believing that Raiola was Jobs in the field of football. The agency he influenced the entire football world, almost entirely by Rayola himself, and gave her a completely personal corporate image, style and rules. Raiola meant as much to his brokerage as Jobs meant to Apple.
After Jobs's death, Apple still followed the framework he built before his death, but it is no longer the Apple company of Jobs's era. Similarly, after the death of Laiola, the superstars will continue to seek the greatest benefit with the help of Vincenzo Raiola and the female lawyer Pimenta, but the Agency of Laiola will inevitably no longer be what Mino was when he was alive. Nevertheless, the Laiola-style agent has gradually become the mainstream of the football management field because of him, because the players prefer to choose the agent who puts their own interests rather than the amount of commission.
Mino Rayola is a very "reckless, blunt and greedy" changemaker in modern football, and although he has been criticized for pursuing material benefits for his players too much, his unique role in the football ecosystem in the era of globalization, and the huge influence caused by his personal charm and ability, have made him a legend that modern football cannot be ignored. Laiola changed the way traditional soccer agencies operate, further personalizing and stylizing the company. The agency is no longer just an intermediary for transactions between the club and the players, but is more inclined to the interests of the players, and maximizing the interests of the players is the primary principle of the agency company, rather than the previous company profit maximization.
As early as Raiola made his first brokerage business, he had already established this subversive principle. He would rather earn half his commission and send players to clubs willing to pay higher annual salaries. With the success of the Nedved, Ibrah, Pogba and Donnarumma trades, Laiola has somehow "transformed" his players into more "self"stars. The big difference between him and other agents is that he is more focused on how to maximize the material benefits of his players with their individual titles, such as the excessive focus on the Ballon d'Or, but does not think more about whether the transfer is more beneficial to football and the club itself. Superstars are no longer obsessed with so-called club loyalty, but are more focused on their own interests and career trends. Of course, this means a loss of absolute control over the players for club "employers" who have had almost all the resources and advantages in the past.
The transfer history of Nedved, Ibra, Pogba and Donnarumma is a classic manifestation of Laiola's "player individualism", which runs counter to the glory, athletic achievements and team spirit that keep the football world running. Laiola made the players care more about income and the Ballon d'Or rather than joining a team that suited them better. The players want to be his client because he never compromises with any football governing body or club. He represented himself and always sided with the players, with a fat plain T-shirt and jeans that resembled Jobs – no one ever questioned the importance of the two to their respective worlds.
Laiola's subversion of modern football lies in the use of the market value of players to end the world of football, which was once determined by clubs and governing bodies. When he first entered the field of football management, he had completely abolished the dutch player value rules - at that time, the Dutch football transfer fee was calculated according to the age of the players and a set of statistical coefficients agreed by the Dutch Football Association. Rayola has set its own rules of the game, taking the market value of players as a reference, constantly wandering between major giants, constantly hyping the success of players through various means through the media, forcing clubs to choose between high-paying contract renewals and forced releases.
Pogba's move from Juventus to Manchester United, for example, is itself the result of a partnership between Rayola and Juventus. The club received both competitive and economic rewards from Pogba, and in exchange also acquiesced to Raiola's arbitrary speculation about Pogba's transfer scandal, which eventually allowed Pogba to set a Premier League transfer record.
When Balotelli played for Manchester City in the bathroom of his apartment, fireworks set off caused a fire, he was first contacted by his agent, Raiola, who asked him to make a fire alarm call. Balotelli sees Laiola as the "second father", somewhat interpreting the latter's style. Many players who have lost their normal life trajectory since childhood need him as a "football godfather" to help them get the benefits they deserve, rather than becoming a puppet of the giants because of lack of knowledge and social experience. Laiola's player clients are almost all "troublemakers" who give the club a lot of headaches, but they can get the most out of it.
Compared to the hypocritical football governing bodies and big clubs, Raiola is just greedier and more frank. In a way, it replaces the club and the traditional agency that is arrogant to the players, giving the players the autonomy and power to see the truth of the football world. Of course, in the process, Laiola also made himself richer, forcing the club to come up with more commissions as a price to pay to get a superstar. But the wealth he has accumulated has far less impact on the football world than his more representative principle of "putting the interests of players first".