MINO RAIOLA has been banned from practising as a football agent in Italy for three months, according to reports.
The Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC) have also banned his cousin Vincenzo for two months.
No official reasoning has been given at this stage but it means the pair are set to be unable to conduct any transfers until August 9 involving Italian clubs.
It is thought the ban stems from the transfer of Gianluca Scamacca from Roma to PSV in 2015, but this has not been confirmed.
An FIGC statement said: “The Sports Procurators Commission, any other exception, deduction and defence rejected, condemns Mr Carmine [Mino] Raiola and Mr Vincenzo Raiola, on his own behalf and as legal representatives of the companies they represent to sanction of the suspension from the exercise of the activity of sports attorney to the extent, respectively: with regard to Mr. Carmine Raiola, of 3 months, with regard to Mr. Vincenzo Raiola, of 2 months.”
Italian-born Raiola represents Paul Pogba, Mario Balotelli and Matthijs de Ligt among others, throwing plenty of potential deals this summer into doubt.
Gazzetta dello Sport believe the pair’s lawyer Massimo Diana will ask for the full reasoning behind the decision.
And they will also “request the suspension of the sentence which, in fact, excludes one of the most important prosecutors from the next market session”.