'I'm Not Dead': Mino Raiola Reacts After Reports Claim High-Profile Football Agent Has Died

Raiola said: "Current health status for the ones wondering: p***** off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate."

Zlatan Ibrahimovic, players agent Mino Raiola during the 2018 FIFA World Cup (File photo: Getty)

New Delhi: High profile football agent Mino Raiola representing the likes of Erling Haaland, Paul Pogba, and Zlatan Ibrahimovic on Thursday reacted to the death of his news and said "pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate."

Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate.

— Mino Raiola (@MinoRaiola) April 28, 2022

Real Madrid even paid their condolences after the fake news of his death emerged.

Tariq Panja of the New York Times also informed that he had been told by a "close friend" of Raiola's that the Italian-Dutch agent is "very, very ill" - but also denied the earlier report that he had died.

Just received a call from a prominent British agent and close friend of Mino Raiola to say that the Italian-Dutch agent has not died but is "very, very ill". Says reports of his friend's death are inaccurate.

— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) April 28, 2022

Born in the south of Italy in 1967, Raiola experienced childhood in the Netherlands after his family moved to Haarlem a year after the fact. He became involved as a football specialist during his mid-20s, working for Sports Promotions, and was associated with deals moving a few high-profile Dutch players to Serie A - specifically taking Wim Jonk and Dennis Bergkamp to Inter in 1993.

He went it alone for two or after three years and soon established himself as one of football's leading agents- representing the likes of Pavel Nedved, whom he supervised moving to Juventus from Lazio in an arrangement worth €41m.

Raiola's advanced clients incorporate Zlatan Ibrahimovic - who he has helped continue on various times in moves worth over €130m in combined expenses - Paul Pogba and Erling Haaland, and he additionally addresses Italian trio Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marco Verratti and Mario Balotelli.