Paul Pogba denounced “threats” and “extortion attempts by an organized gang” against him, in a statement signed by his lawyers and his attorney. The midfielder reacted the day after a video was broadcast on social networks in which his older brother, Mathias Pogba, 32, promised “big revelations” about his younger brother, 29.
“The recent statements by Mathias Pogba on social networks are unfortunately not a surprise. They are added to the threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul Pogba – explained the lawyers – Yeo Moriba (mother of Mathias and Paul Pogba ) and the player’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta.
“There will be no further comments in relation to the ongoing investigation by the authorities”, they specify in this release. An investigation was opened in France and entrusted to the services of the Central Directorate of the Criminal Police. In a video posted on social networks in four languages (French, Italian, English and Spanish), Mathias Pogba, himself a professional footballer, announced on Saturday “big revelations about his brother Paul Pogba and his agent Rafaela Pimenta”, who has just taken over the company from the recently deceased Mino Raiola. Paul Pogba’s brother, in front of the camera, affirms that “the whole world” like Juventus and the ‘sponsors “deserve to know certain things to decide with full knowledge of the facts whether he (Paul Pogba) really deserves admiration, respect, his place in France, if he is a person worthy of trust. “
“All this risks being explosive”, he concludes, without further details on the nature of his “revelations”.
According to two sources close to the Pogba family, Paul is being asked large sums of money if he wants to avoid the release of allegedly compromising videos. The French international, who returned to Juve this summer after six seasons at Manchester United, is currently on the sidelines recovering from a right knee injury and will resume in mid-September.
Source: Ansa
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