Italian journalist: Haaland & Pogba's agent Raiola died after illness

According to reports from Italy, super agent Mino Raiola died after illness. 

But it emerged that these reports were premature with the man himself 'pissed off' and his doctor 'outraged' at reports of his demise.

Raiola himself took to Twitter to write: 'Current health status for the ones wondering: pissed off second time in 4 months they kill me. Seem also able to ressuscitate [sic].' 

Raiola was hospitalised in Milan back in January and underwent very delicate surgery but the nature of the illness was not revealed.

The multi-lingual football agent worked his way up from humble beginnings to become one of the most influential figures in the world game, brokering mega-deals involving some of the most prominent players.

He was representative to the likes of Pogba, Haaland, Ibrahimovic, Romelu Lukaku, Mario Balotelli, Marco Verratti and Henrikh Mkhitaryan.