Mino Raiola is not shy about making waves in the media with his comments, his latest interview with The Athletic is no exception. Speaking out about some of his most famous clients, Raiola gave his thoughts about where things stand and what the future might bring. First, he discussed Erling Haaland: "With Haaland, everybody was wrong. He did things much quicker than everybody imagined. Haaland is in front of his own development. He is ahead of his own schedule. Maybe I was too careful when I said, ‘Oh no, let’s move to Dortmund instead of I-don’t-know-where’.“This boy — I’m 100 per cent convinced and everybody’s convinced — can move to any club, wherever he wants, already on this level. And he could have done that last year. But maybe last year there were still teams (saying), ‘Oh, he was in Red Bull, can he do it in another club?’.
Raiola also spoke about Zlatan Ibrahimovic: “He needs to play another three or four years for himself. And then (smiling), he plays another eight years where all revenues go only to me. So for at least until he is 50.”
The agent also discussed the idea of Pogba being underappreciated in Euroope: “It depends if you mean appreciated by the fans or by the professionals in the game. Because if you mean the professionals, I talk to a lot of sporting directors, managers, trainers and he is widely appreciated. So the day that Paul Pogba doesn’t have a club anymore, then he would not be appreciated or under-appreciated. But today, if somebody asks me, ‘Can you find a club for Paul?’ I could take my nephew of five (years old) and find a club for Paul at a high level".
