Paul Pogba reveals threats from organised gang and that he is victim of extortion attempts
Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has revealed that he has been targeted by an organised gang and that he is a victim of extortion attempts.
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Pogba left Old Trafford for the second time this summer to join Juventus and the France World Cup winner issued a statement through his lawyers on Sunday to confirm that they had reported the incident to the various authorities.
AFP, a French news agency, have said that police in France have opened an investigation.
Earlier, Mathias Pogba posted a bizarre online video, in which he claimed to know information about his brother Paul that the world ‘deserves to know’.
Mathias said the information could impact if he ‘deserves his place in the French team’, ‘deserves to be a starter at Juventus’ and if is a ‘trustworthy person’.
But the statement posted by Paul Pogba’s lawyers claimed the video was ‘in addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organised gang’ and that it was ‘unfortunately no surprise’.
The statement added: ‘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.’
<p lang=«en» dir=«ltr» xml:lang=«en»>Bizarre video from Mathias Pogba (Paul’s Pogbaâs brother) where he claims he will reveal some things about his brother Paul, his agent/lawyer Rafaela Pimenta & Kylian Mbappepic.twitter.com/TDfoevyVC5Mathias Pogba, 32, played for teams including Wrexham, Crawley Town andCrewe Alexandra.
In a video posted on social media, he said: ‘The French, English, Italian and Spanish public, in other words 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
