Football agent Mino Raiola wrote on Twitter that he was cursed by news of his death that appeared in several international media.
“Current health status for those wondering: Cursed after they killed me for the second time in four months,” he said in Raiolas Twitter account.
Newspaper Republic wrote that Raiola’s doctor also denied Raiola’s death.
Alberto Zangrillo, head of the anesthesia and intensive care unit at the San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, said he was outraged by those speculating about Raiola’s death.
On Thursday afternoon, it was reported in the Italian media, among them the TgLa7 TV channel that Raiola had died. Major newspapers like Gazzetta dello Sport and Il Messaggero did the same before several international media signed up. However, it was never confirmed by relatives or circles around the agency.
A number of Norwegian media, including VG, TV 2, Dagbladet and NTB, delivered the news.
Raiola’s agency said VG that it was found. José Fortes Rodriguez, mentioned by many close to the agent, told NOS Holland that Raiola was in bad shape, but he was not dead.
Journalist Tancredi Palmeri also tweeted about Raiola’s death. Then He’s sorry.
“It’s not speculation or about being the first. I’ve never done anything like that. The news was reported by TgLa7, the biggest TV channel in Italy and confirmed by all the biggest media in Italy”, wrote Palmeri.
Apart from Erling Braut, Raiola represents the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba. He also has Marco Verratti, Gianluigi Donnarumma and Matthijs de Ligt on his list.
“Amateur analyst. Zombie geek. Hardcore troublemaker. Internet expert. Incurable twitter fanatic.”