‘P***ed off’ – Fuming Mino Raiola Tweets from his hospital bed to deny widespread claims he has died

FOOTBALL super-agent Mino Raiola has been forced to deny claims he has DIED with an angry tweet.

Italian media wrongly claimed the world’s biggest football agent, 54, had passed away, which was then reported by the world’s press.

Real Madrid even paid their condolences after the fake reports emerged.

But the man himself has denied this from his hospital bed.

Raiola tweeted: “Current health status for the ones wondering: p***d off second time in 4 months they kill me.

“Seem also able to resuscitate.”

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It is believed Raiola has been suffering with a lung condition, according to German outlet Bild.

The Italian looks after the likes of Manchester United’s Paul Pogba, Borussia Dortmund star Erling Haaland and the legendary Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

His friends and family have also denied he has died.

They have revealed that he is alive “but in a bad way”.

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New York Times journalist Tariq Panja tweeted that he had been told by a “close friend of Raiola” that the agent was “very very ill”.

And respected Italian football journalist Fabrizio Romano posted that Raiola’s doctor at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan is “outraged” with the speculation “on the life of a man who is fighting to survive”.

Despite this, tributes came in for the football innovator on social media.

Spanish giants Real Madrid expressed their “deep regret” that Raiola had died and passed on their “condolences to his family and friends”.

Raiola has been involved in some huge transfers in the Beautiful Game, and was known for his shrewd bargaining skills with some of the biggest clubs around the world.

Forbes estimate his personal fortune to be around £68million.

He was the man who brokered the £89m deal to take Paul Pogba back to Manchester United from Juventus in 2016 for what was then a world record fee.

He looks after some of the biggest names in the game including Dortmund superstar Haaland.

Raiola also takes care of Matthijs De Ligt and Gianluigi Donnarumma, among others.

Tributes poured in after the false reports of his death from fans across the world, prior to the man himself tweeting he is in fact alive.

One said: “We are saddened to hear about the death of football agent Mino Raiola.

“May he rest in peace.”

Another added: “What sad news about Mino. He was good friends with all his players’

SunSport previously revealed how Raiola’s journey to the top of football started by making pizzas.

Born in Nocera Inferiore in Salerno, south-east of Naples, the Raiola family moved to the Dutch city of Haarlem when Mino was just one.

There, they opened a pizzeria called Napoli in Haarlem’s Grote Markt and, not for the first time, Mino was the star with his sales patter, charm and customer service making him more than just a waiter.

Those interpersonal skills were soon transferred as he negotiated with some of the sport’s biggest characters.

In January he was forced to deny having emergency surgery after undergoing what he described as ‘medical checks that needed anaesthesia’.

Italian outlet Gazzetta dello Sport had claimed Raiola was rushed to San Raffaele hospital in Milan for surgery.

But Raiola put out a statement to deny the claims.

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A post from his official Twitter account read: “Mino Raiola is undergoing ordinary medical checks that require anaesthesia.

“All was planned and no emergency surgery happened.”

Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk