Jorge Mendes vs Mino Raiola: Meet the men behind football's big money moves

What would a starting XI of each agent's biggest signings look like?

Football's big-money moves in recent years are largely the responsibility of two men: Jorge Mendes and Mino Raiola, who have monopolised the biggest deals to fill the transfer windows.

With Romelu Lukaku's 85 million euros move to Manchester United becoming official, the Italian agent has orchestrated another major sale, but what would a starting XI of each agent's biggest signings look like?

Jorge Mendes: €865 million

 

Through the company 'Gestifute', Mendes has been behind some of the game's biggest deals and often moves one player on for big money on multiple occasions - Angel Di Maria totals 179 million euros, James Rodriguez 128m euros, Cristiano Ronaldo 113m euros and Falcao 103m euros.

Mino Raiola: €583 million

 

The Italian super-agent has been responsible for two of the biggest deals of the last two summers via Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku's moves to Manchester United with their combined total alone being 190 million euros.Zlatan Ibrahimovic also totals 169m euros for Raiola, with Mario Balotelli (69m euros) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan (69m euros) representing some of his big moves.

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