Super agent Mino Raiola's death was confirmed on Saturday following an illness, his family confirmed.
Raiola was considered a 'super-agent' due to the glittering array of talent that he represented and a number will be on the move this summer. He helped engineer some of the biggest moves in world football during his career.
Here, Sportsmail looked at how the 54-year-old made such a global impact on the game of football from such humble beginnings.
When agent Mino Raiola got his first big break as a translator in the transfer of Dennis Bergkamp to Inter Milan in 1993, he secretly photocopied all the relevant documents so he would know how to do the deal himself next time.