Paul Pogba, Matthijs de Ligt's Agent Mino Raiola Given Worldwide Transfer Ban

FIFA announced Paul Pogba and Matthijs de Ligt's agent, Mino Raiola, has been hit with a worldwide transfer ban.

Per the press release, Raiola's ban will be for three months, which means the Premier League transfer window will close before his ban concludes. 

In other words, if Pogba wants a transfer away from Manchester United this summer—and Julien Laurens of ESPN FC reported this week that the star midfielder desires a move to Real Madrid with United missing out on Champions League football next season—he'll either need to handle any negotiations himself or acquire new representation.

Pogba's brother, Florentin Pogba, hinted that his younger brother could be eying a move.

"Things are going to happen," he told AS.com. "Summer's coming. We'll see if he stays, if he goes..."

That's bad news for United, who could follow a disappointing season—they currently sit sixth on the Premier League table—with the loss of their best player and most high-profile superstar.

While City and Liverpool are fighting for the Premier League title, Liverpool and Tottenham are squaring off for the Champions League title and Arsenal will face Chelsea in the Europa League Finals, United will end the 2018-19 season devoid of silverware.

As for Raiola, a reason for his transfer ban wasn't offered by FIFA. He responded to the ban by calling it "a sentence dominated by political willing, without taking into the right consideration of law" and "a sentence based on false grounds and lies," according to Joe Wright of Goal.com.

Matthijs de Ligt, meanwhile, has been tipped for a transfer to Barcelona from Ajax this summer, though according to Hugo Cerezo of Marca, that "has been put on standby due to agent Raiola's concerns about the commission he would receive as part of the deal."

Per that report, "The notorious agent is holding out for 20 percent of the transfer fee for himself, a figure of 14 million euros, which is incredibly high when you consider that agents usually receive between five and 10 percent."

La Liga's transfer window doesn't close until the end of August, however, so Raiola's recent ban may not affect those negotiations.

But with the Premier League moving its transfer window up several weeks before the start of this past season, Raiola won't be able to conduct any offseason transfer business for his clients in the league or intending to join the league. It's another wrinkle in a summer for Pogba where it appears likely that "things are going to happen."