Mino Raiola attacks Guardiola

That is the sort of crap that the media has to publish in the international breaks. If the clown had said that about Mou he would be suing the b*#*@* for defamation.
But Pep has more class than that and will say nothing which will piss Mino and the media ghouls off.
 
On topic. I'm not sure what would prompt him to come with something this incendiary, without being provoked.

Bitterness about Guardiola be benching Ibrahimovic while at Barcelona? Bitterness at Pep selling Ibrahimovic and then immediately winning the champions league without him, which lowered Zlatan's stock?

As others have pointed out, he's dug his own grave. If I'm an young player and want a chance to play under Guardiola, I wouldn't want to be represented by this particular agent. Not a shrewd move.
 
"I am Zlatan and I win everything. You mortals are just not fit to clean my boots. Look at my title win at Old Trafford."

I wonder if he would mind spear-heading a campaign for confidence or perhaps mental health issues. I'm sure deep down he is very nice, and probably a little lonely but he does come across as a bit of a prickly-pear. He reminds me of a car salesman who is selling Ford Mondeos but claiming they are vintage Ghosts or something, and all this whilst ghe drives a Smart car, because he is too good for everything that has been imagined and created.
 
This is the part I really find ridiculous:

Raiola was further incensed when another of his clients, Maxwell, was left out of the squad for the 2011 Champions League final when Barca beat Manchester United at Wembley.

“Guardiola is a cowardly dog,” he added. “I went to London for the Champions League final and saw in the stadium that he was not on the players list.

“I was furious, almost flew into him in the corridors, but Adriano Galliani, the president of AC Milan, stopped me.“

So he basically thinks he has the right to pick a team by the sounds of things???? Shown his true colours there. It’s got fuck all to do with him who the manager picks. Wonder if he’s making Jose leave Pogba on the bench? Lol
 
Nevermind that the real starter at LB was Abidal for the 2011 CL Final and Maxwell was just a backup in general. Moreover, Adriano could play LB or RB hence his inclusion over Pizza boy's client who was recovering from a groin injury at the time.
 
Mr.Feeny said:
On topic. I'm not sure what would prompt him to come with something this incendiary, without being provoked.

Bitterness about Guardiola be benching Ibrahimovic while at Barcelona? Bitterness at Pep selling Ibrahimovic and then immediately winning the champions league without him, which lowered Zlatan's stock?

As others have pointed out, he's dug his own grave. If I'm an young player and want a chance to play under Guardiola, I wouldn't want to be represented by this particular agent. Not a shrewd move.
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Big Conk screwed himself over by proclaiming himself some kind of superhuman. Obviously Pep decided that nobody was bigger than the team, and he proved his point by benching him.

Just sheer bitterness from Raiola, as he missed out on a megabucks pay day.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Big Conk screwed himself over by proclaiming himself some kind of superhuman. Obviously Pep decided that nobody was bigger than the team, and he proved his point by benching him.

Just sheer bitterness from Raiola, as he missed out on a megabucks pay day.
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He screwed himself with some lazy play. Barcelona relied on constant movement to enforce juega de posessión. Guardiola had wanted to get rid of Eto in the same summer that he got rid of Deco and Ronaldinho and to build the team around Messi, but held off another year. The plan was to get David Villa immediately (the summer of 2009), according to Guillem Ballague. Laporta, however, had someone with a bigger profile in mind. Madrid had bought Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, and Xabi Alonso that summer to kick start the second galacticos project, and Laporta desperately wanted Ibrahimovic whom he felt would help Barca's profile, as well as be a great succcess. It wasn't a bad thought process but there's a reason presidents should delegate those decisions to a coach or director of football with more insight into the technical side of things.

Ibrahimovic was an odd buy because he didn't for the mold of a Guardiola player; he's relatively static,which disrupted their play. They put up with him for a few months afterwhich it was abundantly clear they had to shift him out wide in favor of Messi. They went on to win the league and reach the UCL semi, a disappointment for them after winning the only sextuple in football history the previous year.

After selling Ibrahimovic in the summer, they immediately won the champions league and picked up where they had left off before bringing him on board.

I don't think his ego has ever handled the fact that he was relegated in favor of Messi, or that he was shipped out at the earliest opportunity. His stint there was a woeful one, and he's had a lot of resentment towards Guardiola ever since.

As it is, he joined his good friend Mourinho a few years later in the Premier League, attempting to go h2h with their nemesis Guardiola - and expecting to win the title. But alas here we are. Ibrahmovic's European career ending unceremoniously while Mourinho can only helplessly watch as Guardiola sets record after record and runs away with the title.

Cue the meltdowns and him throwing everybody under the bus and his toys out of the pram. Ibrahimovic and Mourinho - the duo with the biggest egos in the sport - are enduring their worst nightmare as Pep is showing them up on the pitch and getting lauded while their career trajectories aren't looking good.
 
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Mr.Feeny said:
He screwed himself with some lazy play. Barcelona relied on constant movement to enforce juega de posessión. Guardiola had wanted to get rid of Eto in the same summer that he got rid of Deco and Ronaldinho and built the team around Messi, but held off another year. The plan was to get David Villa immediately (the summer of 2009), according to Guillem Bellague. Laporta, however, had someone with a bigger profile in mind. Madrid had bough Ronaldo, Kaka, Benzema, and Xabi Alonso that summer to kick start the second galacticos project, and Laporta desperately wanted Ibrahimovic whom he felt would help Barca's profile, as well as be a great succcess. It wasnt a bad thought process but there's a reason presidents should delegate those decisions to a coach or director of football with more insight into the technical side of things

Ibrahimovic was an odd buy because he didn't for the mold of a Guardiola player; he's relatively static,which disrupted their play. They put up with him for a few months afterwhich it was abundantly clear they had to shift him out wide in favor of Messi. They went on to win the league and reach the UCL semi, a disappointment for them after winning the only sextuple in football history the previous year.

After selling Ibrahimovic in the summer, they immediately won the champions league and picked up where they had left off before bringing him on board.

I don't think his ego has ever handled the fact that he was relegated in favor of Messi, or that he was shipped out at the earliest opportunity. His stint there was a woeful one, and he's had a lot of resentment towards Guardiola ever since.

As it is, he joined his good friend Mourinho a few years later in the Premier League, attempting to go h2h with their nemesis Guardiola - and expecting to win the title. But alas here we are. Ibrahmovic's European career ending unceremoniously while Mourinho can only helplessly watch as Guardiola sets record after record and runs away with the title.

Cue the meltdowns and him throwing everybody under the bus and his toys out of the pram. Ibrahimovic and Mourinho - the duo with the biggest egos in the sport - are enduring their worst nightmare as Pep is showing them up on the pitch and getting lauded while their career trajectories aren't looking good.
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NAIL - HEAD!
 
the latest in a long-running feud between the pair.
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Maybe if Pep ever lowered himself to even mentioning Raola's name it would become a feud. This is just a fat bitter parasite crying for attention
 
Had to Google this guys name.... are agents even relevant in the game of football? They're just glorified accountants, put it this way if the fat bell end keeled over from what is most likely 1 fried chicken leg away from a heart attack, no one in the world would miss him, he'd be easily replaceable by his clients, and he comes across as the kind of guy who disowned his family once he started making money....

Just to show what kind of guy he is as well, I remember him saying last season that Ibrahimovic had to sign a new year deal at United because he owed him for the years he stood by and supported Ibrahimovic.
I recall him saying that the majority of Ibrahimovic's wages this season would go to him and not Ibra as well.

The guy is on Par with Yaya's and Tevez's agents, but sometimes an agent can be a reflection on the client they represent... not once have I ever heard Vinnies, Silva's or Zaba's agent mouth off.
 
I thought this was going to be about a punch-up, going off the thread title
 
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