Matthijs de Ligt is deeply touched by the death of Mino Raiola. The defender has had his interests represented since 2018 by the agent, who was responsible for the transfer of De Ligt from Ajax to Juventus in 2019. In an extensive message on Instagram, De Ligt expresses his gratitude to Raiola, who died at the age of 54.
“Dear Mino, I’m honestly not ready to write this message and I don’t think I ever will be,” writes De Ligt with a photo of himself with Raiola. “It’s too early for us players, for your family but especially for you. You still had so many dreams to fulfill, so many things to do. I thought you were crazy when you told me about the things you were planning, but in the end you were always right You knew how the world worked Nothing is impossible and you showed it to the whole world From the moment I first met you I knew you were someone special Completely different from me, but we had one thing in common. We wanted to do our job to the best of our ability and get the most out of our lives.”
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“You fought with your team for your players and that’s why you were so loved by all of them,” continues De Ligt. “Because as you always said: they are my sons, my family. And now it’s time for us to change roles: you did everything for us and now we have to do everything for the people you loved most, your family I promise you that we will take care of everything you loved, as your “sons” Mino, I’m going to miss everything about you For example that, as you said yourself, for my sake you bad guy was towards everyone. You were my agent, but also my friend.”
“You were someone I could always turn to for help, who was ready to fight for me, but also someone I could talk to about life in general. Someone who knew so much about certain things that I’m mad at myself, that I didn’t ask you again. I’m sure at some point I can ask you more and hug you again because I miss you way too much already. I love you, Mino.”