To many, Mino Raiola was the public embodiment of the football agent.
Brash, outspoken, arrogant, greedy; all descriptions were levelled at him and even worse from Sir Alex Ferguson. It created an image he often revelled in. Even his accountancy firm was named Maguire Tax and Legal, as a tongue-in-cheek tribute to the Oscar nominated film Jerry Maguire where Tom Cruise's agent character coined the phrase 'Show me the money'.
However, behind the tough façade, Raiola was a sensitive soul, a family man, fiercely loyal and protective of all those he represented.
He took Ferguson's character assassination as a compliment.