The midfielder of the France team has revealed that he was trapped by a band claiming several million euros from him and which would include his brother, Mathias Pogba.
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French footballer Paul Pogba denounces “extortion attempts” and threats from those around him. According to information from franceinfo, an investigation has been open since the beginning of August.
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The midfielder, who joined Juventus Turin in July, was heard by French investigators. “Of all generations, we have all been confronted with problems with those around us”regrets, Sunday August 28, Jérôme Alonzo, football correspondent for franceinfo.
“It’s a real scourge in our profession, in high-level sport in general, but in football in particular”he adds, citing the recent example of N’Golo Kanté. “We can even wonder if the physical and psychological problems that these players have experienced recently are not linked to these cases”advances the former goalkeeper of PSG stressing that this “you drain a lot of energy on the level of negative emotions”. “It’s very hard, we have to sleep with it, we’re afraid to talk about it”he confirms.
“In our environment, success brings money”confides Jérôme Alonzo, remembering having been a witness throughout his career “taking advantage of the success of relatives to also enrich themselves or, at least, to try to do so”. The former Parisian advises young players “to separate the business from the family”. “There have been, for years now, very competent structures to manage business, to manage entourages, appointments, sponsor contracts and club contracts”he hammers. “You have to get out of the family circle when there is a lot of money in the middle”he concludes.