Mino Raiola told Zlatan Ibrahimovic ‘to go f*** himself’ when trying to sign him and the unusual approach brought a lasting friendship and transfers to the biggest clubs

“Tell this Zlatan to go f*** himself.” And that was enough to convince Zlatan Ibrahimovic that Mino Raiola was the agent he had been looking for. Then an Ajax player, the striker wanted new representation and asked a friend, a Dutch journalist called Thijs Slegers, for some suggestions. Slegers told he he’d heard the firm […]