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Say what? Man Utd know they have to play the game with Raiola over Pogba

The midfielder's future was thrown into doubt after Pep Guardiola's revelation last week, but Raiola will always test the market for his players

Sir Alex Ferguson doesn’t hold back when asked about Mino Raiola and his role in Paul Pogba’s initial exit from Manchester United in 2012.

“Paul Pogba? He had a bad agent… a s**t bag!”

His review of the notorious Italo-Dutch agent, captured by rugby player Brian Mujati during a motivational speech in 2017, hardly came as a surprise after the Scot had expressed a distaste for Raiola in his 2015 memoir ‘Leading’ when explaining why Pogba ended up leaving Old Trafford for Juventus as a 19-year-old.