Raiola boasts over €800m worth of talent, including Haaland & Pogba
Carlo Garganese
- 15 Mar 2022 12:45 GMT
- 3 min read
Super agent Mino Raiola boasts over €800 million worth of football talent on his books, according to some eyepopping data from Tifosy.
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Tifosy Capital & Advisory is a leading boutique sports advisory and capital solutions firm.
Fully focused on sport, it provides a wide range of services including mergers and acquisition, strategic advisory, debt structuring and financing, and private capital raising.
An in-depth study from Tifosy has revealed that the top 25 football player agencies in the world manage over €12 billion worth of talent.
To underline how professional footballers are monopolised by only a small group of player agencies, two agencies alone represent over 20% of this talent.
Agencies Wasserman and ICM Stellar Sports manage over 20%, or €2.8 billion, worth of soccer talent, based on Tifosy’s player valuations.
Agencies Wasserman and ICM Stellar Sports represent over 20%, or €2.8 billion, worth of #football talent. ‘Super-agent’ Mino Raiola represents over €800m, which includes the likes of Haaland, Pogba and Donnarumma. pic.twitter.com/Pi85gKCXSw
— Tifosy (@tifosy) March 15, 2022
Wasserman have Real Madrid’s Federico Valverde, Man City’s Aymeric Laporte and Borussia Dortmund’s Giovanni Reyna on their books but it is the size of their stable that is so impressive as they manage hundreds of players.
Stellar Sports are considered the world’s biggest football agency and they manage stars such as Man City’s Jack Grealish, Real Madrid wonderkid Eduardo Camavinga, Man Utd’s Luke Shaw and Arsenal’s Kieran Tierney.
Mino Raiola alone represents over €800m worth of talent. The Dutch-Italian super agent boasts some of the world’s best players on his books, including Borussia Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, Man Utd’s Paul Pogba, Milan’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic, PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma and Juventus’ Matthijs de Ligt.
Another super agent in Jorge Mendes also has an incredibly impressive portfolio as part of his GestiFute player agency.
The jewel in GestiFute’s crown is Man Utd superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, but they also manage many of the Portugal national team.
These include Man City’s Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva and Joao Cancelo but also Brazilians Fabinho and Ederson.
