Love him or loathe him, the Italian is adept at selling himself and his players, as evidenced by the fact that he has just masterminded the biggest transfer in football history.
Mino Raiola’s accountancy firm is called Maguire Tax & Legal, its name inspired by an Oscar-winning movie starring Tom Cruise. Many people within the game would no doubt be offended by the insinuation that Raiola is in any way similar to 'Jerry Maguire,' the fictional sports agent who comes to champion love (or “kwan”) over greed. Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has called his fellow Italian "a pain in the backside," while Alex Ferguson admitted: "I distrusted him from the moment I met him.