According to information from franceinfo, an investigation has been opened since the beginning of August for
“extortion attempts in an organized gang”
.
The Juventus Turin player denounces the behavior of his brother and some of his childhood friends who would blackmail him, claiming a large sum of money for
"service rendered"
.
Indeed, the latter would have claimed compensation from Paul Pogba in exchange for a discreet protection of 13 years.
Hooded and armed with assault rifles, these blackmailers would have visited the 2018 world champion on several occasions, the French would have said.
A first time in April, in Manchester, then in July at the Juventus training center in Turin, where he would have recognized his brother.
Paul Pogba would have, during his hearings, explained to the investigators to have always been close to his childhood friends.
He would have even helped them financially until last January, when the footballer excluded from his home (in Manchester) one of his friends who would have extracted 200,000 euros from him with his credit card.
This story has become public since the recent publication of an enigmatic video of Mathias Pogba on his Instagram account.
During the latter, Paul Pogba's brother promised
"explosive revelations"
about the Juve player, as well as his agent Rafaela Pimenta and his France teammate Kylian Mbappé.
24 hours after the publication of this video, Paul Pogba's lawyers said in a press release addressed to the sports department of Radio France, that
"Mathias Pogba's recent statements on social networks are unfortunately not a surprise".
This story should still be talked about in the coming weeks...