Salernitana sporting director Walter Sabatini has paid tribute to Mino Raiola after the agent's passing yesterday.

The pair had a long love-hate relationship as Sabatini worked for the likes of Roma and Sampdoria.

“Mino, you wouldn't have given me the chance to say this in life, you'd have caused controversy as usual," wrote Sabatini on Salernitana's social media channels.

“We argued a lot, Mino, but I cannot forget that in the moment when I was gravely ill, you called my wife and offered to pay for me to go to America for treatment.

“It was an act of extraordinary generosity, one you didn't need to make, and you did it silently. Thank you, Mino."