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Dr. Mino and Mr. Raiola: The Two Sides of Football's Most Controversial Agent

"Hello, this is Mino. Don't leave me a voicemail—it's better to text."

Mino Raiola's voicemail greeting tells you several things about the man who has become one of the most powerful agents in world football: that he receives a lot of phone calls, that his time is precious and that he likes to get straight to the point.

Raiola's phone has been ringing a lot this summer.

He has helped to broker Matthijs de Ligt's seismic €75 million transfer from Ajax to Juventus, Romelu Lukaku's €65 million switch to Inter Milan, Mario Balotelli's romantic repatriation at hometown club Brescia and Moise Kean's €27.