How Mino Raiola Became a Super Agent
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Mino Raiola passed away in April 2022 at the age of 54. He had become the most infamous football agent in the world, broker deals for some of the games biggest player, including Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
But how did he become a footballing super agent? How did a restaurant worker from Naples connect Serie A with the Eredivisie? How did he inspire such loyalty in his clients?
James Horncastle writes, Philippe Fenner illustrates.
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Large omission from this video: Raiola got hired by Rob Jansen's Sport Promotion (Hollands biggest agency at the time) and gave him his big break and worked under/for him for years (while Raiola was also working on the HFC Haarlem board and making his first deals with Napoli) and after Jansen found Raiola to be untrustworthy, they broke up and Raiola went solo and the rest was history.
I don't know why something this big wasn't mentioned at all here.
Without this context the whole video is useless tbh. They could have made it much longer and much better.
Thats important heritage...
But common super agent in national level cant become 'the frontrunner agent that force continental association to move'
Thanks, didn't bother watching the rest. Tifo still have their folksy small time charm, but they're literally owned by nyt
@@tinyspeaker nyt?
@@crobeastness new york times, the main comment explains why the video tries to paint this greedy pig as a hero
Raiola ensures players get paid rather than the money lining the cheif executives pockets. He also acted as a shield for players (look how many people blame him and not the players who hired him)
Raiola ensured raiola got paid, that’s all
@@LarryFeinburg if that was the case players wont be engaging his services till his final breath, this is coming from someone who dislikes him
Absolutely, people think their clubs money is their own money, I don’t care if my team’s mega rich owners have to pay slightly more
@@teddytatyo why do you dislike him
And the clubs were the ones paying him the huge amounts as well. He didn't hold a gun to their heads. The same as any agent, argue all you want against football agents the only people keeping them in business are the football clubs that hate them
this shun a new light for me about how raiola really was as a person and agent. thanks TIFO!
Shone*
Can respect a man that is hated by clubs but loved by the people close to him
Not a good point. Even thieves and war criminals are loved by their close families and friends.
Rest In Pieces Mino. Your death doesn't diminish all those deeds you have done and those words you have said. Some things have gone too far.
@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan very weird comment to make about a sports agent
@@mr.robertdobalina9199 Sport agent who didn't really care about the sport, only cared about how many Bucks he would get from transfer bonus. Making slander comments about managers and coaches and clubs to bend the media his way. Truly rotten piece of work.
@@HonestFarmerLigue1Fan bro clearly didn't watch the first 20 seconds of the video.
The most polarizing figure in Football in the 21st century, most likely ever. I will never ever get over his engineering the mega deal for Pogba and making United pay through the nose or his running battles with Sir Alex - but what always struck me was his dedication to his clients. There had to be some substance to the man with that many high profile players behind him, and when you look at it from their perspective why wouldn't you go with the man who could get you (and himself incidentally) the best deal? A self-made man deserves respect and he made a mark in an area where most go unnoticed - now he's gone on to collect his heavenly commission
Not self made and didn't get the best deals for his clients. Half of his former clients are either unhappy at their clubs or have had their careers ruined by his actions
@@menesebastiao2468 Except Maxvell. He played in some of the biggest clubs in the Europe (Ajax, Inter, Barca) but no one knows how, and he played in one of the richest clubs ever (PSG) but none knows why :)
When I was making a video on him, my appreciation went up higher. He was a self-made man who elbowed his way to the top. While I wasn't a big fan of him him (as a football fan), one thing is for sure, he was pretty damn good in his work. Brilliant video, as always ⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽⚽
Bro your channel is so underrated. Keep up the good work 🔥
@@jeremybilliards712 Thank you sooo much dude. Really appreciate the love and support :))
New subscriber😉. Good content bro
@@unrulllyyy8163 Thank you sooo much for checking out my channel. Really glad you liked it dude :))
yeah cause elbowing your way to the top is something to be admired for
Ibra apparently stood with Mino on his death bed, out of only a few people including Minos family and closest friends, shows how close their relationship was
Fitting tribute for a man like Raiola. Thanks for this TIFO/the Athletic.
He showed every team who's the real boss. That includes the United Glaziers. 😅😅
Glazers*
There’s a reason you never hear _players_ complaining about agents like Mendes and Raiola. And as a Benfica fan, I absolutely LOATHE Mendes, for all the garbage he unloads on Benfica, and all the gold he takes away every summer.
Mino Raiola was indeed a self-made man, who worked his way to the top and had amazing negotiation skills. But he is also one of the people who has caused a lot of problems of the modern football (big wages and transfer fees, no loyalty, players who think they are the best and do not teamwork...). I don't think his passing is a loss to football, although I whish him a peaceful rest.
No he was a good man who helped players make the money stop trying to make football secluded from others
He caused no problems. Stop your agenda.
@@donandres10 I have no agenda, just a different opinion than yours 👍
@@Saturn-x I'm not someone who can say if he was or not a good man, and neither are you. Everything depends on the side of the story you are looking at.
I'm not secluding football from nobody, but all of this has created a bubble in all football fees and I don't think that's a good thing. Instead of using money to increase and help low-category and academies or medical staff, it's being used in useless stuff. Why does and intermediate get, for example, 10M in fees?
@@donandres10 U remember Dollarumma . Then u know the issue
Tifo.. u guys could have at least given a tad more insight to his transition from rags to riches in his early career. Made it seem like washing floors to managing big players was seamlessly effortless. Also pls next time you glorify a man who has conflicting ideals. Don’t forget to materialize those facts. No one is a saint.
P.s making a funny here but a family owned pizza restaurant in Haarlem is quite literally begging for anything. Don’t u tell me we didn’t think about that. I am disappointed with u guys.
P.p.s maybe could have speculated on the impact of his passing on to the ongoing current football market. He did win an award last year for the best football manager after all.
Precisely, I totally didn't get the memo on how he turned from the negotiator for the family restaurant to peddling footballers.
Super snake
It was his business, life isn't black n white like the Disney channel u watch all day
"Don't tread on me" - Mino Raiola probably
@@ktbecstasy is there any denying that he was greedy though?
@@No-mn9do You've gotta be greedy to a certain degree to be successful in life, man was getting his bread the best way he knew how
@@ktbecstasy you have a point
Tifo why do you have to fill your great videos with butchered pronounciation of italian names? It's very superficial from you, it takes just 5 minutes to check the correct one.
RIP Mino 🙏🙏
But Ian on commentary sounds good, not talked about a enough 👌
Is this a weird way of telling us that Joe Devine died?
I aint mad he is gone 👋😃
I hated his ways of moving players and using media to hold clubs hostage. I hope to never hear his name again.
His name is peter griffin
Won't miss him personally, too greedy and acted like he was a Mafia mob boss, he was pure greedy undoubtedly got his clients the best deals they could ever get, but only to serve his own interests and pockets, I'm not glad he's passed as it'd horrible still as it's not like he was a vile evil human being, just wish he'd have left the football world in peace
Couldn't have said it better
I hate to break it to you but football is a mafia business. A huge amount of money in the game historically was from questionable sources. Agents are literally all trash - they're predators. Mino was at least good at his job. There are thousands of agents out there who are far worse than this guy.
He only loved one thing..money.
And food
I don't know why anyone is mourning this guy - was a cancer on the game, engineering moves for his players for his own benefit only, and was a nasty piece of work away from the game as well. This guy is no loss to the world
The players move because they want to. He can't force them lol Lukaku fired him for example. Raiola just ensures the most money goes to the players rather than the clubs owners and executives
@@00dude3 And he made a percentage of commission from each sale, so it didn't benefit him for a player to stay at a club for too long - his interest was money and nothing else. He always stirred his players up after a couple of years to force a move and line his pockets again. Not going to go so far as to say I'm glad he's gone, but I didn't give his death a second thought, and I don't know why anyone would. A horrible human being
Man did his own thing. Admirable to a certain extent
Can't take those big agent fees with you when you depart this world.
Lmaoooo
@@sanzar4540 NOT a laughing matter. Pointing out that what we achieve in this world means nothing when we face the other side.
“But, Tifo, the day you put out a hit's the day Man u admits That they put the hit out that got Riola killed, ah!”
oh
And I'm just playin', Tifo, you know I love you
Its funny to me how when he dies people start painting him as not such a bad guy. The man is part of the reason football players wages have become the joke that they are, with salaries capable of buying a new property every month whilst essential jobs like medics get a fraction of what they earn and others struggle to put food on the table. In all honesty, should we be sad that a parasite has died? No, not really. Good riddance.
Comparing medical staff salaries to footballers. I'm sure you are smarter than that
@@00dude3 doubt it.
Parasite? We are talking about a football agent, not a politician
@@sergiowinter5383 There is no difference, both classes of money swindling swine
The guy you loved to hate. RIP Mino
Mino Raiola, that’s football heritage
when is Joe coming back?
People in this comment section seem to have the wrong idea of raiola. In fact i wouldn't be surprised if these are fake comments. Raiola is known for milking clubs for money but not because it's the best for his client, All he's doing is making the pie bigger so that his piece gets bigger. There's a reason majority of his clients are flops after their big money move and that's because he pays no attention to the players' style and where they would be best suited he just takes them to the place with the biggest cheque. It's also pretty well known that he uses his power in the industry to blacklist players or clubs when he has an issue with them. He is one of the worst things about the modern game.
A team destroying snake. Good riddance.
How Mino Raiola destroyed English football would of been a good headline
Because he was only active in England......
Not.
I can only imagine
Need someone to fix your audio or tell your guy to stop speaking with a whistle . S and c words are nearly bursting my ear drums.
I don’t know how he garnered the title of ‘super agent’.
Anyone can get maximum wages for elite talent. For me getting great wages for solid footballers, that’s a super agent.
Mino Raiola just employed underhanded tactics usually associated with used car salesmen or real estate agents.
Evil Peter Griffin
He also did that, when he got bigger he pretty much only had big star players and players with big potential as his pool.
Its like that stupid Messi quote "can he do it in a cold rainy day at Stoke?" knowing that a player if that caliber would never play at Stoke. An agent of Raiolas caliber didn't waste his or his clients time with average players.
@@TheJtorres182 that quote is a meme lol.
Raiola was only interested in commission, not what was best for his players.
Look at his client list, almost all caused issues in the dressing room and moved multiple times, many of these elite talents never fulfilled their potential due to going after only money.
Donnarumma is a perfect example.
AC Milan brought him through their youth academy, allowed him to debut at 16, made him captain, signed his brother, and then Raiola runs Donnarumma’s contract down, so he can take him to PSG for huge wages (commission) and sit on the bench all season.
@@btb3614 I wish he had sat on the bench all season. They're doing half half with Navas. We wouldn't have lost against Real Madrid if he were sitting on the bench all season :(
Does Joe Devine have a cold or are we living in a Tifo multiverse?
What happened the usual voice. I don’t like change. Makes me grumpy and old.
RIP to the man but he was not good for football. Big reason why the world of football transfers is the way it is.
Great for footballers, terrible for fans of football clubs😭
One of your weaker video, left out lots of key information and rushed to the footballers he worked with
The pronunciations of Italian words in this video are absolutely horrific.
Oh Ian, did you even try with the Italian pronunciations? 😂
We need joe devine back
Odd request, probably not video worthy but what, actually, is a ‘Golazo’?
Goal -> Gol -> Golazo (beautiful goal)
@@miquelalbercaballell5813 is it not a specific type of goal? Long range shot? A run past 3/4 defenders? Acrobatic? Clever?
@@davidkerr7065 it can be all of those at the same time. No specific way to score
"Raised in Angri"? His family move to Haarlem in 1968 when Raiola was 1 years old lol
Tifo like to massage facts 😭
The goal isn’t to live forever but to create a legacy that goes on to become immortalised in the hearts of people
Get rid, guy can't even pronounce buffalo ffs
Brilliant video for people who don't know him well.
What happened to our narrator? this isn't his voice
His timely death saved city a fortune in agents fees
I really enjoyed this video and his background story. Thank you.
Joe devine?
Amazing video but ahaha try listening to italian words before pronouncing them :'')
What a great video, a good tribute as well as honest but from both perspectives
'Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as ravens claws'. (Jim Morrison).
i really don't like people like mino raiola for how he increased the prices of wages in football players, which, as someone who plays quite a fair bit of fm, can get annoying because i like to give my players as low wage as possible, with 0 agent fees 0 loyalty fee, so i can save more money for better players
regardless, his passing is very untimely and condolences to his family and anyone close to him
Mino Raiola didn't increase wages - the billion dollar TC contracts did. 90% of the highest earning players have agents you have never heard of.
Can't lie, not a fan of this voice over
RIP to this dude.
Singlehandedly destroyed football
Lol you are the other 50% that hate him like he said.
@@jimmyopio9464 Destroying something everyone loves will make everyone hate you. The hate percentage is well over 50% though.
@@jimmyopio9464 Ah yes dislike = hate
humans only have the three emotions of rage, hate and boredom
nothing else possible "lOoL"
Please revert back to old narrator.
R.I.P Mino gonna miss his disrupting the industrty
Its funny, when he was alive most people disliked him because of the outrageous transfer-, signing on- and agentfees he demanded. And now that he's gone suddenly he was a good man and everyone seems to miss him. I didnt know him personally, all I know were his actions in and impact on the footballing world, and that impact is undeniably a massive inflation in transfer fees and salaries that Raiola had a big part in, putting clubs in the financial backfoot in the process. Im sure players loved him, because he got them good salaries, but for football as a whole his death might just be a good thing.
It still dont like him.
Lol you might just be right
Football benefits how? It’s not like that money doesn’t go someone else. People just didn’t like that it went to Mini
Same with Kobe. Many hated him before his death
Financial clubs are no saints lol.
90% of the people in my life hate me.. and 10% is my wife, kids and mom.. 😅
What happened to Joe Devine?
Whatever we may perceive of him, i think you can look not too much further than how loyal and how highly his clients speaks of him. I think in that respect he is to be commended still tbh
If you think raiola was good for the game, how is his greed different than the super league? 20m+ in his own pocket, the man made more off a few single transfers than ppl who have dedicated their lives to the game. Disgusted that ppl adore this greedy glutton who fractured clubs players and fans across Europe
He who profits by the world loses their soul, in Riola's case his life, brought on more than likely by stress, poor diet, no exercise and a thirst for success...was it really worth it in the end...dead at 52.
NGL even as A United fan he wasn't wrong about the state of our club. Any player would love to have him as their agent tbh.
Exactly, if Harry Kane had him he would have got that move
Great vid!! Really touched me
Sad to see him go so soon
Honour upon your houses.
the only question i have after watching this video is why brits pronounce the word pizzA "peetser".
Listening to Iain Macintosh narrate is lovely, it's like you're getting a reassuring hug whilst you go on a journey.
Haha well said
Tifo sounds different
It's like hearing nice and logical things about a fascist dictator.
Raiola was ultra based. Who disagree are either greedy club executives or don't know ball.
Made futbol worse. Let's not act like these athletes don't get paid well either way...to play sports.
wheres Joe Devine?
Alot of people say I don’t care what people think then go home and cry
This man really lived the message, what a great life he lived
"Im absolutely angry, second time in a few months they have written me dead"
I love Tifo but the new thumbnails are not better than the previous ones, especially the skin colors seem off
He made Milanista hate our own golden boy. At least he won't be bothered by us anymore.
Rest well.
Bring back joe
50% ?? are you sure?? somehow I believe it's about 70% of people hate him 😁.
Raaatted. Didn't even know man had passed. RIP
You should do one about Jorge Mendes
Mino Payola
Loved by his people hated by billion dollar corporations, good enough for me
Every time you pronounce some Italian name one little kid from Italy dies.
Why does the young Mino cartoon look like Joe Devine’s cartoon?
R.I.P
Get your illustrator to check their work on monitor and two phones before publishing, the red and yellow is tuned very very high. Could be on purpose, just a heads up
The thumbnail illustration specifically
Rest In Paradise Mino👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
he hasnt passed away do not spread false information
He represented all those big players and yet none of them has ever won the UCL (I'm pretty sure the only Raiola client who has won it is Maxwell), it says a lot about him prioritising money over sporting ambitions for his clients.
Simple he became Diego Costa's manager lol
Raiola I hated you as a united fan but not this much u left. Rip
Nice job narrating Iain
Tifo again missing facts for charm but one things for sure I’ll take big man in my corner any day , if your not liked generally it means your doing a good job 👍
Not too sure about that animated melanin Tifo. 🤔
He was dying for a long time and you nobody talked about it and now he’s dead in really nobody’s talking about it. I mean right in the middle of the Haaland deal and Pogba looking around for a club.
I bet he is looking up at this video and laughing
Loved by the players, hated by the clubs.
That's funny, I live in Haarlem and have been to that restaurant on a few occasions. Small world.
It is always sad when some one passes. I am sure there is pain for those who care. I can’t say I feel anything when I learned the news of his passing. What he did in the past is done. Don’t think there’s much else to say.
*dies
*death
Stop euphemising death.
@@danpreston564 Why not? Death is the realest thing to life. So real that it is unfathomable.
@@de132 I’ve seen enough of it to fathom it. I hate all this 'passing' nonsense. It’s death.
@@B00tieW4rriOR rock hard. Granite, me. Like Xhaka.
Part of the poison of modern football.