The outspoken Raiola - who has also represented Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, Italy forward Mario Balotelli and Netherlands centre-back Matthijs de Ligt, has had run-ins with a series of other managers, including Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp, but says he has learned lessons. It makes life a little bit boring, but it is what it is." "You think big players like Paul Pogba - or Solskjaer, who won everything in his life - get destabilised by what Mino Raiola says? Come on, please. "I don't think that it destabilised anybody, because they had a fantastic run and they were even first, for a period, in the league.
"I just expressed an opinion, I didn't want to cause any problem," Raiola said.
Raiola sparked a major backlash in December when, just before a crucial Champions League match for Manchester United, he suggested Pogba's time at Old Trafford could be over. It's like saying: 'Is there a Formula 1 team who would not be interested in having Lewis Hamilton?'" Keeping coy on Pogba "I don't think there's a sports director or trainer in the world who would say 'not interested'. "Only a maximum of 10 clubs can afford to buy and give the platform you would like after you've been in Dortmund… and four of those clubs are in. "He will be one of the future stars of the next decade because we see that stars such as Ibrahimovic, Ronaldo and Messi are coming to an age where everyone asks themselves: 'How long can we still enjoy them?' So everyone is looking for the new generation. "It is obvious that everybody is looking at Erling as one of those potential new future stars because it's so difficult to do what he does at his age at his level," he said.
The Norwegian joined Dortmund just over a year ago, but has been linked with a big-money move this summer, and the agent says a host of Premier League clubs could sign him. One such talent is Borussia Dortmund's 20 year-old striker Haaland, one of the hottest properties in the game, and among 70 players on Raiola's books. "For the extraordinary talents, there is always space." "I don't think there is a correlation," he told BBC Sport from his office in Monaco. Haaland is 'star of new generation' Erling Braut Haaland has scored 27 goals in all competitions for Borussia Dortmund this seasonĮuropean football's top clubs are facing billions of pounds of losses as a result of the Covid crisis, but Raiola rejects the suggestion that top players' wages and transfer fees - and therefore agents' commissions - will suffer as a result.
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