Super agent Mino Raiola believes Premier League clubs could spend £2BILLION this summer – and Manchester United got a good deal for Paul Pogba
Raiola says Premier League clubs operate in a different market to the rest of Europe
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SUPER agent Mino Raiola believes clubs will break the spending barrier this season - and could spend as much as £2BILLION on players.
Last season's spending bonanza saw Premier League teams splash out more than £1bn on players.
But Raiola thinks that record will be smashed this season and could even be DOUBLED.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has already spent close to £80m to bring in Bernardo Silva from Monaco and Benfica goalkeeper Ederson.
The transfer window does not open officially until next month.
Raiola, whose client list includes Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba, told : "TV rights are the fuel of the transfer market.
"If they go up, the prices go up.
"If there are not so many good players [available], they go up again.
"You have two markets - the Premier League and outside the Premier League.
"It depends what [individual clubs] need, which level they are.
"You have the players that other clubs want but [the parent club] are not willing to sell.
"Evereyone wants to buy, not everybody is for sale.
"The players for sale [are the ones] no one wants to buy."
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Raiola oversaw Pogba's world record move to Manchester United last summer, grabbing a £20m fee from the club for brokering the deal.
The agent believes that the fee is likely to be topped this summer - and that despite the criticism, United got a good deal for the French midfielder.
"Pogba was cheap if you see the market now, they got a good deal," he added.
"The market will be ruled by the people that buy."
Despite his rewards from brokering transfer deals, Raiola says he would reform the market.
";I want to narrow the time of the market, it should finish when the new season starts.
"That is logical. We are in a digital market, we monitor players every day, every week,
"We don't need the whole summer to think about who we want to buy and sell.
"On July 1 all the players should be with their new clubs."
Raiola also admits that inflated prices in the Premier League is because teams know of their massive spending power.
"In Europe, they want to sell to the Premier League.
"When [a Premier League club] passes by, it's like Santa Claus coming to your house.
"Twenty-five years ago it was opposite, if an Italian club comes, prices would rise."
He added: "It's difficult to establish the price of any player - it's who buys.
"[In England] A young talent is already costing £5m to £10m even if he hasn't proven a lot.
"Some players already proven - especially strikers or goalscorers - they rise and rise.
"The very top prices - there are only two types of clubs.
"The top 10, Real Madrid and Barcelona, and the Premier League."