ROME —
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.
اضافة اعلان
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 Juventus star.
A statement signed
by his lawyers, his mother Yeo Moriba, and current agent Rafaela Pimenta said
that the videos published on Saturday night “are unfortunately no surprise”.
“They are in
addition to threats and extortion attempts by an organized gang against Paul
Pogba,” read the statement.
“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.
He 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”.
Also a professional
footballer, Mathias Pogba said people needed to know what he knew in order to
judge whether his brother “deserves his place in the French team and the honor
of playing in the World Cup. If he deserves to be a starter at Juventus.”
“All this is likely
to be explosive,” he concluded without adding any substance to his
“revelations”.
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.
Paul Pogba, who won
the World Cup with France in 2018, returned to Juventus on a free transfer this
summer after six years at Manchester United, and is currently sidelined with a
knee injury.
The 29-year-old is expected to return to action next month.
Read more Sports
Jordan News
.jpg)
.jpg)
