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Paul Pogba has said he has been the target of extortion and threats from an organised gang. The Juventus and France midfielder issued a statement signed by ...

The statement said the videos were “unfortunately no surprise” and added: “They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang against Paul Pogba. The news agency AFP said French police had opened an investigation, citing a source close to the case. Paul Pogba has said he has been the target of extortion and threats from an organised gang.

Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba said he is the subject of an extortion attempt from his brother, The recent declarations of Mathias Pogba on social media are ...

"This has been referred to the appropriate authorities both in Italy and in France a month ago." Pogba responded to the threats in a statement: "The whole world deserves to know certain things so the public can decide if [Paul Pogba] really deserves the admiration, the respect, his place in the France team, if he is a trustful person and worth representing the world's youth, working-class areas and big brands," Mathias said.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Paul Pogba has revealed that some of his childhood friends, including his elder brother, Mathias Pogba, have been trying to get some ...

Pogba has told the authorities that he has seen the gang before in Manchester and Turin where he is living now since switching to Juventus. Pogba has maintained that all these escalated after he kicked one of them out in January. The gang accused the star player of turning his back on them ever since he turned pro.

French police has opened an investigation. Earlier, Pogba's brother Mathias posted videos online promising to publish “great revelations” about the player.

“The competent bodies in Italy and France were informed a month ago and there will be no further comments in relation to the ongoing investigation.” Mathias Pogba said the information was likely to be “explosive”, without giving further details. Earlier, Pogba’s brother Mathias posted videos online promising to publish “great revelations” about the player.

Juventus star Paul Pogba has been embroiled in an extraordinary saga involving blackmail, kidnapping and other threats allegedly involving his brother ...

Mathias Pogba is the 32-year-old older brother of Paul - and is a twin with Pogba's other brother Florentin. The publication also states Pogba was dragged by the gang into a Paris apartment in March and threatened. Mathias also alleges Pogba wanted to "really wanted to shut me up completely to lie and send me to prison."

Paul Pogba has released a statement referring to "extortion" after his brother recorded a video promising "great revelations" about the Juventus player.

Juventus and France midfielder Paul Pogba revealed on Sunday that he is being threatened and targeted for extortion by gangsters after his brother Mathias ...

In his videos, Matthias Pogba said the “whole world, as well as my brother’s fans, and even more so the French team and Juventus, my brother’s team-mates and his sponsors deserve to know certain things”. “They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang against Paul Pogba,” read the statement. As per the reports, the French authorities are investigating a case of “attempted extortion by an organized gang” with regards to Paul Pogba.

Paul Pogba has released a statement referring to “extortion” after his brother recorded a video promising “great revelations” about the Juventus player.

Mathias, who has played for numerous professional clubs including Wrexham, Crewe Alexandra and Partick Thistle, in his weekend video said people needed to know if his brother “deserves his place in the French team and the honour of playing in the World Cup”. The statement added: “They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang against Paul Pogba.” A statement signed by 29-year-old former Manchester United forward Paul, as well as his mother Yeo Moriba and Mr Pimenta, said the videos “are unfortunately no surprise”.

Former Guinea international Mathias Pogba, 32, published videos in English, French, Italian and Spanish on the weekend in which he vowed to make “great ...

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Former Manchester United player Pogba is alleged to have told Organised Crime division investigators that he was trapped by childhood friends and two hooded ...

Pogba is married to the Bolivian model, Maria Zulay Salaues, and they have two children together. 'Everything could be explosive and make a lot of noise.' Pogba also addressed his brother's agent and lawyer, Rafaela Pimenta. He returned to Manchester in 2016 for a record £89.3 million, which was the highest fee paid by any English club until 2021. If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus. her loyalty' so that they could decide whether she 'deserves to represent them.' But last night, Mathias denied the claims in a furious Twitter outburst. Pogba also explained to investigators that his blackmailers wanted to discredit him by claiming he asked a marabout, a holy man, to cast a spell on the Paris Saint-Germain and France star, Mbappe, which Pogba denies. 'If he deserves his place in the French team and the honour of playing in the World Cup. The gang is also said to have taken Pogba to flat in the Paris suburb of Lagny-sur-Marne, where Pogba grew up, at the end of March. Pogba celebrated winning the World Cup with his brothers and mum but Mathias has said he will share 'explosive' revelations about the former Man United midfielder in a Twitter video Paul Pogba has reportedly told French authorities about an alleged plot to blackmail him by a gang that dragged him to a Paris apartment in March and demanded £11m as they threatened him with assault rifles

SportsBrief.com News ☆ Mathias Pogba's feud with sibling Paul Pogba has witnessed another twist with the former accusing the former Man United superstar of ...

Sorry about this brother, a so-called Muslim deep in witchcraft, it’s never good to have a hypocrite and a traitor near you!” [Mathias ](https://www.transfermarkt.com/mathias-pogba/profil/spieler/196240)sparked what appears to be a fast-growing family feud when he took to the video-sharing App, Tik Tok, promising to expose his younger brother and ex-Manchester United midfielder [Paul Pogba](https://sportsbrief.com/tag/paul-pogba/). Now it’s true, my version of the facts actually happened and unlike you, I have enough to prove my words and your lies.

Paul Pogba has been the victim of attempted extortion & blackmail from a group of ...

But he is said to have stopped in January when a friend that had been staying with him allegedly used a credit card to steal €200,000 from him. The first incident is reported to have happened in March during an international break when Pogba used the trip back to France to visit his family in Lagny-sur-Marne, the Paris suburb where he grew up. France Info has since revealed some of the shocking details, with allegations that Paul was threatened by childhood friends accompanied by masked men with assault rifles.

Paul Pogba told police investigators that he is the victim of a €13 million blackmail plot from a gang involving his older brother.

When everything is public, people will see that nobody is more coward, traitorous and hypocritical than you on this earth.” My version of the facts happens and unlike you, I have enough to prove my words and your lies. My little brother is finally starting has shown his true face. "What I expected has happened. Je te le redis : frère, manipuler les gens c'est pas bien !— Mathias Pogba (@LeMathiasPogba) Hahahaha, ce que j'attendais est arrivé : mon petit frère qui commence enfin a montré son vrai visage.

Juventus star Paul Pogba's elder brother Mathias Pogba has made some shocking allegations against him, accusing him of using witchcraft among others.

Pogba has denied the allegations of using 'witchcraft', which he alleged was a fake story used by the blackmailers to extort money from him. "The recent declarations of Mathias Pogba on social media are unfortunately not a surprise. He also called Pogba a 'traitor' and 'hypocrite' while claiming that he almost died because of the 2018 World Cup winner. Now it’s true, my version of the facts actually happened and unlike you, I have enough to prove my words and your lies. Soon after his video went viral on social media, Pogba's camp released a statement hinting that Mathias was part of a syndicate trying to extort money from him. Pogba's brother, who is a professional footballer himself, also mentioned French striker Kylian Mbappe in his video and said he has some information to share about him as well.

SportsBrief.com News ☆ A police investigation has been opened after claims by French football star Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro ...

Paul Pogba is currently sidelined with a knee injury and faces a battle to be fully fit, but he remains a key player in the France team, for whom he has won 91 caps and was influential in the run to glory at the 2018 World Cup. The Paris Saint-Germain striker, and France teammate of Paul Pogba, appears reluctantly in the affair. France Info radio reported that Paul Pogba told investigators he had been threatened by "childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles". "They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang against Paul Pogba," read the statement. Mathias, who was born in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has had a journeyman career which has taken him to Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia. Mathias, 32, is the elder brother of Paul (29) and the twin brother of Florentin.

Mathias Pogba, 32, has responded after the Juventus midfielder, 29, told police he was held hostage by two hooded gunmen as part of an £11million extortion ...

When everything is said, people will see that there is no bigger coward, bigger traitor and bigger hypocrite than you on this earth.’ Now it’s true, my version of the facts actually happened and, unlike you, I have enough to prove my words and your lies. ‘My little brother is finally starting to show his true face,’ he wrote.

A police investigation has been opened after claims by French football star Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million euro blackmail plot that ...

The Paris Saint-Germain striker, and France teammate of Paul Pogba, appears reluctantly in the affair. France Info radio reported that Paul Pogba told investigators he had been threatened by "childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles". On Saturday, Mathias Pogba published a video on Instagram in which he promised "great revelations" about Paul and the Juventus player's agent, Rafaela Pimenta. "They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang against Paul Pogba," read the statement. Mathias, who was born in Conakry, the capital of Guinea, has had a journeyman career which has taken him to Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Slovenia. Mathias, 32, is the elder brother of Paul (29) and the twin brother of Florentin.

Witchdoctors, gangsters, and extortion: PSG's Kylian Mbappe and Juventus star Paul Pogba involved in bizarre black magic feud? Yeah, this is weird. By ...

France Info reported that Paul Pogba told investigators he had been threatened by “childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles”. “They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul Pogba,” read the statement. Kylian Mbappé & his entourage are “keeping a close eye from a distance” on the Paul Pogba affair - if video evidence emerges of Pogba using a witch doctor to curse Mbappé, L’Équipe believe that there may be a problem between Pogba & Mbappé & Deschamps may have to make a decision.— Get French Football News (@GFFN) Those answers are currently (from parts) unknown, but Paul Pogba tried to make a counteroffer to the gangsters per Get French Football News (who has to be loving this story): Paul and Mathias Pogba have some things they need to work out, but what does Mbappe have to do with this — and why did he — allegedly — have a curse placed on him? Paul Pogba’s counter-offer to the blackmailers demanding €13m, amongst whom is understood to be his brother Mathias, was to pay them close to €100k, believing they would be content with that - they were not. “The competent bodies in Italy and France were informed a month ago and there will be no further comments in relation to the ongoing investigation.” Mathias Pogba, 32, promised “great revelations about (his) brother Paul Pogba and his agent Rafaela Pimenta”, who took over as head of the company of former agent Mino Raiola who died in April. In the video, Mathias Pogba alleges his brother placed a curse on Kylian Mbappe via a “so-called Muslim deep in witchcraft” and that the Juve star “really wanted to shut me up completely to lie and send me to prison.” According to two sources close to the Pogba family contacted by AFP, large sums of money are being demanded from Paul Pogba if he wants to avoid the dissemination of the allegedly compromising videos. So, we’ve got Paul Pogba’s brother, who is might be in too deep into something...Paul Pogba placing a curse on Mbappe...and the involvement of organized crime. Pogba’s allegations came after his brother Mathias published a bizarre video online — in four languages (French, Italian, English and Spanish) — promising “great revelations” about the French police have opened an investigation into World Cup winner Paul Pogba’s claims he is being threatened and targeted for extortion by gangsters, a source close to the case told AFP on Sunday.

French football player Paul Pogba's claim that he is being extorted is being investigated by French police, the Paris Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed ...

In his Saturday video, Mathias said, "The French, Italian and English public... The OCLCO is the branch of the French judicial police in charge of investigations into organized crime. A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office told CNN an investigation was launched earlier this month.

French authorities have opened a police investigation into Paul Pogba's allegations that he is being extorted by an organized gang, according to the Agence ...

“They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul Pogba,” read a statement signed by Pogba’s lawyers, Pimenta and Pogba’s mother, per AFP. ](https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-france-paris-65034a395e98da4095c3fc4580322e6a) [Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/soccer-sports-france-paris-65034a395e98da4095c3fc4580322e6a) on Monday that an investigation was opened this month into attempted organized extortion.

Football star Paul Pogba 'paid £85,000 to extortionists who were demanding £11m and held him hostage with assault rifles' as part of long-running blackmail plot ...

Pogba is married to the Bolivian model, Maria Zulay Salaues, and they have two children together. Paul Pogba reportedly paid £85,000 (pictured left) to his extortionists who were demanding £11m after they dragged him to a Paris apartment in March and threatened him with assault rifles in part of an alleged plot to blackmail him. He returned to Manchester in 2016 for a record £89.3 million, which was the highest fee paid by any English club until 2021. 'I confirm that an investigation was opened on 3 August 2022 on the charge of attempted extortion by an organised criminal gang. 'Everything could be explosive and make a lot of noise.' Mathias Pogba also addressed his brother's agent and lawyer, Rafaela Pimenta. Pogba, 29, who has won the World Cup with France, said the men wanted the money for 'protection services' stretching back 13 years and also followed him to Manchester. If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus. There, the gang members accused Pogba of not helping them financially since he became a professional player. On Sunday night a source close to the case told the Franceinfo news outlet that Pogba's 'big brother and childhood friends' are all named as suspects. her loyalty' so that they could decide whether she 'deserves to represent them.' Pictured: France midfield superstar Paul Pogba (top, second from right) poses before a football match in France in 2019 with brothers Florentin (first to Pogba's left) and Mathias (to his right)

SportsBrief.com News ☆ In a case that has now been taken over by authorities, a media outlet reports that Pogba explained that he was taken to an apartment ...

[reacted to accusations](https://sportsbrief.com/football/juventus/22824-mathias-pogba-paul-pogbas-brother-defends-allegations-accuses-juventus-star-witchcraft/) of extortion levelled against him by his younger brother following his promise to make shocking revelations about the Juventus star. [reported that Pogba had](https://sportsbrief.com/football/juventus/22801-paul-pogba-reveals-brother-part-gang-extorting-police-investigations/) revealed that some of his childhood friends, including his elder brother, Mathias Pogba, have been trying to get some money off him. [Juventus](https://sportsbrief.com/football/juventus/) star, however, in a quick rejoinder, claimed that his brother was part of a gang that had been trying to extort him.

French prosecutors are investigating allegations that World Cup winner Paul Pogba was targeted by extortion attempts by his brother and childhood friends.

A 29-year-old midfielder, Paul Pogba won the World Cup with France in 2018 and returned this summer to Juventus after six seasons at Manchester United. In response, Paul Pogba issued a statement through his lawyer that said his brother’s claims were “in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul Pogba.” The case became public after Mathias Pogba posted a video and tweets this weekend threatening to share “explosive revelations” about his brother and France star Kylian Mbappe. ['Changing coaches every year was difficult': Pogba on why Man United move failed](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001450253/changing-coaches-every-year-was-difficult-pogba-on-why-man-united-move-failed) [Pogba returns to Juventus after leaving Manchester United](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001450053/pogba-returns-to-juventus-after-leaving-manchester-united) [Pogba to leave Man United when his contract expires at end of this month](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001446901/pogba-to-leave-man-united-when-his-contract-expires-at-end-of-this-month) [5 people, including 3 Buruburu policemen, arrested for extorting man Sh80,000](https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001446731/5-people-including-3-buruburu-policemen-arrested-for-extorting-man-sh80000) When the group approached Pogba about their demand at the Juventus training center in Turin, he said his brother Mathias Pogba was among them, according to France-Info. French prosecutors are investigating allegations that World Cup winner Paul Pogba was targeted by extortion attempts by his brother and childhood friends.

The sports daily were told by an investigator in today's edition: “We have material to work on. We have to give ourselves time to carry out a certain number of ...

When he saw them again in Turin, he decided to react by alerting his club’s lawyers.” Investigations are being made into Pogba’s claims that a childhood friend, who was staying with him in Manchester, stole €200,000 from the player earlier this year. The sports daily were told by an investigator in today’s edition: “We have material to work on.

PARIS, France, Aug 30 - A police investigation has been opened after claims by French football star Paul Pogba that he is the victim of a multi-million Get ...

“At this stage these are just rumours,” he added. I have nothing against you, what I am saying is for your good, everything is true and known, the witch doctor is known! Sorry for this brother, a so-called Muslim up to his neck in witchcraft.” Speaking to RMC Sport, French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet said he hoped the affair “does not call into question” Pogba’s place in the team. According to France Info reports confirmed to AFP by a source with knowledge of the case, Paul Pogba told investigators that he had been threatened by “childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles” who blamed him for not having helped them financially. On Saturday, Mathias Pogba published a video on Instagram in which he promised “great revelations” about Paul and the Juventus player’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta.

KYLIAN MBAPPE is reportedly remaining attentive to the Paul Pogba affair following claims made about him by brother Mathias Pogba.The striker, 23, has.

If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus. "If he is a trustworthy person, that any player deserves to have at his side." "If he deserves his place in the French team and the honour of playing in the World Cup.