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„Milan“ striker Zlatan Ibrahimović mourns the death of football agent Mino Raiola who passed away yesterday. The experienced negotiator was not only his representative in talks with clubs. As the Italian media writes, the player had warm relations with the agent and Z. Ibrahimović constantly visited him in the hospital when M. Raiola's health deteriorated. When the footballer heard about the declining condition of the Italian, he wanted to be close to the agent like a family member. On this occasion, it was remembered how the long-standing cooperation between Ibra and M. Raiola began. "When I played for the Amsterdam 'Ajax' club, I asked a journalist to suggest an agent to me because the situation became completely uncontrollable. After a week, I received two contacts - David Beckham's representative and an Italian who "would surely suit me". The second one - "a street-style guy like me" and it was M. Raiola. At the first meeting, he rummaged through a pile of papers and pulled out a sheet with written statistics: Andriy Shevchenko scored 23 goals in 25 matches, Filippo Inzaghi scored 25 goals in 27 matches, Christian Vieri scored 23 goals in 24 matches. Next to their names was my name - 21 matches and 4 goals. M. Raiola asked, "How can I sell you with these statistics?" I believed in my abilities and replied that if I had scored many goals, then I wouldn't need an agent, even my mom could offer me to clubs. Mino started laughing," Ibra said.
