The family is not without Pogba – Newspaper Kommersant No. 158 (7359) of 08/30/2022

French midfielder Paul Pogba, who joined Italy’s Juventus this summer, has found himself at the center of an extremely nasty story with a criminal tinge. The midfielder reported that he was blackmailed by an organized gang, which includes his older brother Matia and several childhood friends. In the spring of this year, armed men from this group, according to the footballer, demanded € 13 million from him, and already in August, Pogba’s brother published a video message threatening to reveal the sensational truth about him. The Juventus player turned to the French police, who have already launched an investigation into Matia Pogba.

French midfielder Paul Pogba, this summer committed a high-profile move from Manchester United to Juventus, revealed that he had been threatened and extorted by brother Matia Pogba and his childhood friends. The midfielder spoke about the incident to the “competent authorities” of France and Italy, and the French prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into the case of blackmail against Pogba Sr. “We confirm that a criminal case has been initiated on charges of extortion by an organized criminal group. The investigation will be conducted by the Central Office for Combating Organized Crime (OCLCO),” the French prosecutor’s office told Reuters.

We are talking about a whole series of incidents, the first of which happened in March of this year. Then writes France Info, several of Pogba’s pals, along with a pair of armed men, lured the player to his Paris apartment. There they accused the football player of having stopped providing financial support to his former teammates after the start of his professional career, and demanded that Pogba pay them €13 million.

This money, the attackers explained to the player, was supposed to be payment for “services rendered”: they allegedly secretly protected Pogba for 13 years.

The midfielder of Juventus, communicating with the police, clarified that he actually helped his childhood friends until January 2022. And in the winter, he was literally forced to expose one of his friends who lived in his house in Manchester, because he stole € 200 thousand from him.

Paul Pogba, who continued to receive threats from former comrades and from his brother Matia, did not disclose this information to the press. The fact that between the Pogba brothers, who until recently maintained warm relations, a serious discord has ripened, no one would probably have known. But last weekend, Matia posted a video message on social networks in four languages ​​(English, French, Spanish and Italian), in which he promised to expose Pogba, as well as his agent Rafael Pimenta.

One of the frank details that should discredit the honor of the midfielder is associated with PSG forward Kylian Mbappe. Pogba and Mbappe won the 2018 World Cup with France.

Matia Pogba said that his brother, out of envy, turned to the sorcerer to bring damage to his teammate, and that he was ready to name this shaman, as well as present all the evidence.

Sources close to Pogba told AFP that the attackers are demanding money from him if he wants to avoid the distribution of incriminating videos.

Meanwhile, the Juventus player denies all accusations regarding the use of the services of a shaman. Paul Pogba responded that his brother’s attacks did not come as “something unexpected” and are part of a blackmail that has been going on since the spring.

Ekaterina Remizova