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Player agent Mino Raiola is convinced that Borussia Dortmund's Erling Haaland will be “one of the stars of the next decade”.

BVB signed the young Norwegian Winter from RB Salzburg a year ago.

Since then, Haaland has developed as rapidly as it is impressive.

The club must fear that it will no longer be able to hold it.

Especially after Raiola's recent statements.

“Only a maximum of ten clubs” could afford the 20-year-old striker, said Raiola in a BBC interview, and when it came to BVB, he was already falling into the past.

Only these ten clubs could offer their clients “the stage that you would like to have when you were in Dortmund”.

Four of these clubs are in England, added the 53-year-old.

In view of Haaland's high standard already at his age, of course, everyone had an eye on the BVB striker, said Raiola: “Stars like Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are getting on in years, and everyone is wondering: How long can we still admire them? "

Mino Raiola is considered the biggest fish among player agents

Source: pa / ZUMAPRESS.com / Marco Alpozzi

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That is why the new generation around Haaland and Co. is now in focus.

Accordingly, Raiola praises the striker.

"I don't think there is a sports director or coach in the world who would say: not interested," said Raiola, referring to Haaland.

The native Italian is considered an influential and controversial player's agent.

In addition to Haaland and Ibrahimovic, his clients also include Paul Pogba and Marco Verratti.

Player agents want to go to court

He was annoyed by the often negative image of his industry, "but my players don't call me a parasite," said Raiola.

At the same time, he announced that the soccer agents are ready to go to court in the face of Fifa's radical plans to regulate their activities.

In November 2020, the world association announced that it would tighten the rules for player agents that were relaxed five years ago and thus ensure more transparency.

One of the key points of the new regulations for player agents should be the reintroduction of a license system.

The license can only be renewed by participating in courses.

The aim is to achieve more professionalism again.