Fratricidal war among the Pogba, one of the most prominent families in French football. It all starts on Saturday, when Mathias Pogba, 32, posts a video on several social networks including TikTok and Instagram. He appears alone, seated behind a table, a sheet in his hand. Facing the camera, he promises to “big revelations” on his brother, Paul, the most talented of the siblings, a French international. “The whole world”his club Juventus Turin and the sponsors must be aware of “certain things in order to decide with full knowledge of the facts” you are Paul Pogba “really deserves admiration, respect and his place in the France team”explains Mathias, also a professional footballer.
The one who notably went through Tours FC also attacks the agent of his eldest, Rafaela Pimenta. She has just taken over the company of Agent Mino Raiola, the recently deceased mega agent. Mathias Pogba does not give more details on the nature of these supposed “revelations”. Just indicates that “all of this could be explosive”, leaving Internet users on their hunger. Calumny? Willingness to harm? Looking for buzz? “There will be many elements and testimonies to confirm my words”, judge Mathias. In reality, no hypothesis is excluded. As expected, the 2018 world champion reacted the next day.
This Sunday morning, Paul Pogba publishes a press release signed by his lawyers and his agent in which he speaks of «menaces» and of “organized extortion attempts” against him. From then on, the case took on a completely different aspect. “Mathias Pogba’s recent statements on social networks are unfortunately not a surprise”, they also write. We learn, still in this press release, that “the competent authorities in Italy and France were seized a month ago” and that Paul will not “plus further comments on the ongoing investigation”. An investigation has actually been opened in France on the suspicions of extortion of which Paul Pogba claims to be a victim, which has been entrusted to the services of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ).
According to the entourage of the world champion, Mathias Pogba would try to blackmail his brother, demanding large sums of money from him to prevent the disclosure of certain allegedly compromising videos. Paul, injured in his right knee, should return to competition by mid-September. After six seasons at Manchester United, he must again animate the game of Juve. And secure his place for the next World Cup in Qatar in November. Which already seems a long way from the previous world tournament, in the summer of 2018, when the Pogba family, united, posed under the eye of photographers, the famous golden trophy in hand.