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Gary Neville has renewed his feud with superagent Mino Raiola over claims that it was the Dutchman who convinced Erling Haaland to join Borussia Dortmund over Manchester United. Haaland had scored a remarkable 29 goals in just 27 games for Red Bull Salzburg by December 2019, attracting the interest of United, Juventus and Bayern Munich among others.
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United had competed with Borussia Dortmund for Haaland in 2019 (Image: Express Sport)
“However Mino Raiola realised that Erling is better off with us. People notice that gifted people make a breakthrough with us the quickest.
“That is a resounding argument for the players, the parents of the players and the advisors. We have no inhibitions about letting 17-year-olds play.”
But Neville does not believe that Raiola’s advice was not solely due to playing time, with the former United captain insisting that it came down to how much the agent would bank from the deal.
“We all know why. He structures his deals with clubs that will give him a large % of the transfer fee when the player leaves!” Neville tweeted in response to a graphic showing Watzke’s quotes.
Raiola convinced Haaland to choose Dortmund over United (Image: Getty Images)
It is the latest in a long line of spats between Neville and Raiola, with the former previously insisting that United must refuse to do business with the superagent
“Why they allow themselves to be played by him I’ll never know. Manchester United should just stand strong and say if you’re represented by him we won’t deal with you,” he said in February 2020.
Raiola hit back at Neville by launching a sarcastic attack on the fortunes of Salford City, who the former defender part owns.
“Gary Neville has so much know-how about football. I’m surprised that his Salford City are not in the Premier League already. I don’t care what Gary Neville says,” Raiola told talkSPORT.