Footballer Paul Pogba's claims of extortion and threats are being investigated by French police

By Matt Foster and Sammy Mngqosini, CNN

Updated 1910 GMT (0310 HKT) August 29, 2022

Paul Pogba returned this year to play for Juventus after six years with Manchester United.

(CNN)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 to CNN on Monday.

Pogba made the claim of extortion through his legal team in a statement obtained by CNN on Monday.A spokesperson for the prosecutor's office told CNN an investigation was launched earlier this month. «I can confirm that an investigation was opened on 3 August 2022, in particular on the charge of extortion in an organized gang and attempted extortion in an organized gang,» the statement reads.«The investigations were entrusted to the OCLCO,» the prosecutor's office continued. The OCLCO is the branch of the French judicial police in charge of investigations into organized crime.Pogba's statement came after his brother Mathias Pogba released a series of videos on Instagram in English, French, Spanish and Italian in which he claimed that he would make «great revelations» about the conduct of his brother and Rafaela Pimenta, his agent. Read MoreBayern Munich to face Barcelona, Inter Milan after Champions League group stage drawIn his Saturday video, Mathias said, «The French, Italian and English public… and even more, the French national team and Juventus team, my brother's teammates and his sponsors deserve to know certain things in order to make an informed decision if he deserves the admiration, respect and love of the public. Whether he deserves his place in the French national team, and the honor of playing in a World Cup… If he is a trustworthy person that any player would