Leading sports agent Raiola tweets that he’s alive after reports of his death

Mino Raiola, who is the agent of players including Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Erling Haaland, is understood to have been living with a serious illness since January.

Reports then emerged on Thursday to suggest he had passed away, with Real Madrid even paying their condolences after the fake reports emerged.

Yet in a dramatic turn of events, the Italy-born Dutch national, one of football’s most powerful and high-earning agents, tweeted: “Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate [sic].”

Raiola is one of the most famous sports agents in the world

His statement came after Dr Alberto Zangrillo from San Raffaele hospital in Milan told the news agency Ansa: “I’m outraged by the phone calls from pseudo-journalists speculating on the life of a man who is fighting to survive.”