"Current state of health, for those wondering: furious. Second time in four months that they have killed me. They also seem capable of resuscitating me," reads the Twitter account of the agent, aged 54 years old, shortly after the announcement of his death by many Italian media, including the Gazzetta Dello Sport.
The information was also denied to AFP by his representatives: "Mino is not dead, this is false news", they said, without giving details of his state of health or the place. where he is.
Italian news agency ANSA reported comments by Alberto Zangrillo, the head of the intensive care unit at San Raffaele hospital near Milan, which suggested Raiola was fighting for his life.
“I am outraged by phone calls from pseudo-journalists speculating on the life of a man who is fighting,” Zangrillo told ANSA.
Mino Raiola, who notably manages the interests of Erling Haaland, Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, announced on January 12 that he had passed “medical examinations which required anesthesia”.
"Scheduled exams, not an urgent intervention," said the agent.
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