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28th October 2016
03:28pm BST
In an interview with The Financial Times, Raiola - agent to the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Mario Balotelli and Romelu Lukaku - has detailed the tense meeting between himself, Pogba and then manager of United, Alex Ferguson.
According to Raiola, the Scot refused to talk to him without Pogba in the room and once the French youngster entered, this is how the interaction played out.
Ferguson to Pogba: "You don’t want to sign this contract?"
Pogba: "We’re not going to sign this contract under these conditions."
Ferguson to Raiola: "You’re a twat."
That wasn't the only utterance of "twat" that day as the temperamental manager also fell back on his go-to insult once Raiola insisted that he would not allow his pet chihuahuas to agree to the contract that was on offer.
Ferguson: "What do you think he needs to earn?"
Raiola: "Not that."
Ferguson: "You’re a twat."
Twat or not, Raiola clearly knows what he's doing as his working relationship with Pogba led to a tasty €27 million commission appearing in his bank account after brokering the midfielder's return to United in the summer.
After starring for Juventus, the club he left Old Trafford for, Pogba was able to command a record-breaking fee in August and Raiola did incredibly well for himself once pen was put to paper.
As for Ferguson, we reckon his "twat" count has gone down quite a bit since he left the stressful world of football management.
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