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Romelu Lukaku has signed with super-agent Mino Raiola - the man responsible for guiding the careers of Mario Balotelli and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

The Everton striker was formerly under the guidance of fellow Belgian Christophe Hentoray, who is the agent of team-mates Kevin Mirallas and David Henen, along with Chelsea star Thibaut Courtois and former Toffees transfer target Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe.

But he has recently been lured into the clutches of Monaco-based Carmine "Mino" Raiola, who was born in Italy but began his career in Holland where he rose to prominence as a deal broker.

Raiola has made his name on deals with three clubs in particular; Ajax, AC Milan and Paris Saint-Germain, and has dealt with the transfers of, among others, Maxwell, Mido, Robinho, Mark van Bommel and Urby Emanuelson before moving onto stellar names such as Ibrahimovic.

In his book the celebrated Swedish striker describes Raiola as his 'agent, friend and adviser' and later describes him as a 'genius'.



Following Lukaku's switch, earlier this month Raiola named a number of players including the Toffees 21-year-old forward as must-have signings for Juventus.

Speaking to Tuttosport, the Italian revealed the stars that the Serie A champions need to buy if they want to be the best team in European football.

He said: 'In order to win the Champions League, Juve should keep Pogba, then sign Kishna from Ajax, Lukaku from Everton and Jonathas from Elche."