Pogba agent’s £24M payday

Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta has revealed agent Mino Raiola will receive €27million — that’s £24m — after Paul Pogba’s move to Manchester United.

Juventus director Giuseppe Marotta has revealed agent Mino Raiola will receive €27million — that’s £24m — after Paul Pogba’s move to Manchester United.

Pogba returned to Old Trafford for £89m this summer but there were varying estimates of the agent’s commission until Marotta told shareholders: ‘(Pogba) came from United for a price of around €1.5m. After four years with us he decided to return to England, he wanted to leave at all costs. Our asking price was €105m plus €5m in bonuses, which is payable if the player renews with United or leaves for a fee of more than €50m.

That brings us to a capital gain in the budget of €95m. Mino Raiola and his company will be paid €27m. Taking fees into account, the total gain for Pogba was €72m. Even then we didn’t want to sell.’

In response to criticism of the club’s failure to replace Pogba, he added: ‘We always aim for the maximum, conducting our transfer campaign to do as well as possible. We’re the undisputed league champions for the past five years.’

Daily Mail