Kylian Mbappé collateral victim?

The Paris Saint-Germain striker would have done well to see his name thrown in the press in a dark story of family extortion, but Mathias Pogba, Paul Pogba’s older brother, persisted on Sunday evening, on Twitter. And social networks to ignite on the possibility that Kylian Mbappé is “marabouté”, he who scored 46 goals last season in the Parisian and French jerseys.

Kylian, now do you understand? I have nothing negative against you, my words are for your good, everything is true and proven, the marabou is known! Sorry to this brother, a so called muslim deep in witchcraft, it’s never good to have a hypocrite and a traitor near you!

— Mathias Pogba (@LeMathiasPogba) August 28, 2022

A history of alleged family extortion

The Pogba affair began on social media on Saturday with a message from Mathias, 32, who then promised “big revelations” about his younger brother, 29. In this video broadcast in four languages ​​(French, Italian, English and Spanish), Mathias Pogba, himself a professional footballer, announces that “the whole world”, like Juventus Turin, the Italian club where his brother returned this summer after a first spell between 2012 and 2016, and six seasons at Manchester United, “deserves to know certain things in order to decide in full knowledge of the facts if he (Paul Pogba) really deserves admiration, respect, his place in the team of France, if he is a trustworthy person”, with among the hashtags an intriguing #Mbappe.

Sunday, Paul Pogba counterattacked via a statement signed by his lawyers and his agent Rafaela Pimenta, who has just taken over the company of Mino Raiola, the recently deceased star agent. “Mathias Pogba’s recent statements on social media unfortunately come as no surprise. They are in addition to threats and extortion attempts in an organized gang against Paul Pogba, ”said the press release.

“The competent authorities in Italy and France were seized a month ago and there will be no further comments on the ongoing investigation”, continued the representatives of Paul Pogba in this press release. An investigation was indeed opened in France at the beginning of August and entrusted to the services of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ). Paul Pogba told France Info that he had “notably been trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles”. He would even have been intimidated in Manchester and even at the Juventus training center. Among his alleged “harassers” would be his brother Matthias.

And Kylian Mbappé in all this? Still according to France Info, Mathias Pogba accuses his brother of having hired a marabout to cast a spell on the French striker. Paul Pogba had anticipated the scandal to come. He thus explained to the investigators last August that “his blackmailers wanted to discredit him by broadcasting messages in which he would have asked a marabout from his family circle to cast a spell” on the PSG striker. Kylian Mbappé did not react.

Professional footballer like his illustrious brother, Mathias Pogba did not have the same career. A training centre-forward, he has traveled a lot in Europe, playing in particular at Tours, in the National, but also at Sparta Rotterdam in the Dutch first division. He also has five caps for Guinea.