Claim: Mino Raiola has passed away due to an illness
Source: Social Media Users including two Liberia Journalists
Verdict: False
Full Text: Mino Raiola, the agent, who manages some of the biggest football names such as Paul Pogba and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Social Media Users widely reported on April 28, 2022, that ‘super-agent’ Mino Raiola had passed away due to an illness.
While they did not divulge the details, this shocking development did trigger a series of posts by media across the world including posts from two journalists in Liberia posted on social media.
Also, there are several other media outlets that posted about his death, having deleted their posts now.
Who is Mino Raiola
Mino Raiola is an Italian football agent known for having represented a number of well-known players including Paul Pogba, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Marco Verratti, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Matthijs de Ligt, Erling Haaland, Mario Balotelli, and formerly Pavel Nedvěd.
He is also one of the top agents who are responsible for brokering some of the biggest deals in football. Reports claim that he managed about 73 players.
As per a Forbes estimate last year, the 54-year old’s personal wealth is believed to be a whopping £62 million. It is believed that the Italian earned as much as a staggering £20 million after brokering the then world-record transfer fee of Pogba’s £89 million deal from Juventus to Manchester United in 2016.
Verification:
The claim was debunked by Mino in a tweet, “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate.
Mino tweet on Thursday April 28, attracted 46.1K retweet, 24.5 K quote Tweet and 258.K likes.
In Liberia, social media post were done by two Liberian Journalists Edwin Dolo and Yawah Jaiveh
Also Tancredi
Palmeri beIN Sports correspondent on Twitter said, I deleted tweet about Raiola. It wasn’t speculation or “run to be first”. I’d never do any like this on such matter. News was broke by TgLa7, most rated Italian tv news; confirmed by all Italian biggest media.
But I did tweet wrong too, therefore I am mortified and apologise”
The claim was fact checked by other media outlets including Irish Mirror , India Today and football.london who previously published an article of Raiola’ death.
Conclusion:
Following the tweet by Raiola’ saying that he was annoyed with the way the shocking allegations moved around regarding his health.
It is safe to say
that the football agent is not dead as his fans and family hopes he recovers soon and continues to carry
out some of the biggest deals in football.
