MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville has claimed that the club should never sign another player represented by Mino Raiola.
The super agent boomed last week that his client Paul Pogba wants to leave Old Trafford for pastures new.
Mino Raiola is the agent of some of Europe’s best players
The timing of his comments couldn’t have been worse, with United crashing out of the Champions League to RB Leipzig a day later.
Raiola also famously vowed last year that he wouldn’t send any more players to the Red Devils because they’d ‘ruin Pele and Maldini.’
And now it appears the feeling is mutual with United legend Neville insisting the former Italian restaurant waiter should be blacklisted.
He told Sky Sports: “Manchester United have got a big problem whilst they’ve got a star player in the dressing room who has an agent is categorically going to go out the night before the biggest game of the season. The lack of respect!
“The guy should never be dealt with again by this football club. This football club has got to stand still and look at what is happening.”
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Should United follow their former right-back’s advice then they could be set to miss out on some of Europe’s best players.
Raiola was blamed by Sir Alex Ferguson for Pogba’s first Manchester exit back in 2012.
He has since failed to repair relationships when he repped both Zlatan Ibrahimovic and former client Romelu Lukaku when the two strikers were at the Theatre of Dreams.
The guy should never be dealt with again by this football club
Manchester United legend Gary Neville on Mino Raiola
Long-term United target Erling Haaland has already suffered one botched move to the Premier League with Raiola helping him agree a switch to Borussia Dortmund in January over joining Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side.
Matthijs de Ligt is another of the Italian-born Dutchman’s clients to have snubbed a move to Old Trafford when he joined Juventus in 2019.
And refusing to deal with Raiola will kill any chance United have of landing the defender in a potential swap deal with Pogba.
The 53-year-old also negotiates on behalf of several other talented stars, including AC Milan pair Gianluigi Donnarumma and Alessio Romagnoli.
Napoli teammates Kostas Manolas and Hirving Lozano – the latter linked with a switch to Solskjaer’s side this year – are also on his books.
As is Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Marco Veratti – who United were thought to be interested in a deal for back in 2018.
Donyell Malen could also prove vital to the Reds finally landing Jadon Sancho with Borussia Dortmund keen on signing the PSV Eindhoven ace as the England star’s replacement.
But Raiola also oversees the former Arsenal star’s career and would be loath to help United out.
The last name in the agent’s super team is Lillian Thuram’s son Marcus – who is being tracked by Manchester City following his standout form for Borussia Monchengladbach.
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Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
