many players present at Mino Raiola’s funeral in Monaco
Mino Raiola’s funeral took place in Monte-Carlo on Thursday. Several players were present to bid farewell to the famous agent.
Disappeared on April 30 at the age of 54, the funeral of Mino Raiola took place Thursday at the Saint-Charles church in Monte-Carlo. In order to say a last farewell to him, several great footballers still active or retired, were present at the ceremony such as Erling Haaland, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, the Parisians Gianluigi Donnarumma, Marco Verratti and Xavi Simons, Mitchel Bakker, Cesc Fabregas, Matthijs de Ligt, Justin Kluviert or Pavel Nedved who he signed at Juventus from Lazio in 2001.
Clubs also react
Several clubs reacted quickly to the announcement of the death of one of the most famous players’ agents, like Paris Saint-Germain, who wanted to pay tribute to the memory of “a charismatic sports agent“, or even Real Madrid who shared”his condolences, his tenderness and his affection to all his loved ones“. Mino Raiola was very appreciated by his players with whom he was very close but just as feared by the clubs with which he did business. His main competitor and partner in the trade Jorge Mendes, announced that it was about a very sad and premature demise ofa friend“who always has”been an example in defending the interests of the players he representst».