At the heart of this extortion affair, there is a fratricidal war between the Pogba brothers. The player of the France team Paul Pogba says he is the victim of an extortion attempt by his entourage and in particular his older brother Mathias Pogba. The French international accuses relatives of having sought to extract 13 million euros from him. The justice opened an investigation this summer.
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However, Mathias Pogba, 32, has so far always appeared alongside his little brother Paul. We find photos of the two brothers posing with the World Cup in 2018, in Russia. Mathias also followed Paul during Euro 2021 where he attended almost all the matches of the Blues in the stands. And Mathias has often spoken about his little brother’s career, saying he dreams of one day playing for Real Madrid. The world champion left Manchester United instead to return to Juventus Turin this summer.
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In the Pogba family, the three brothers are footballers. The two eldest, Mathias and Florentin, are twins, they were born in 1990 in Conakry (Guinea). Paul, he was born in 1993 in Lagny-sur-Marne.
Mathias Pogba has been selected five times with Guinea but his career is far from that of his younger brother, or even his twin. A centre-forward, he passed through the English, Italian and Spanish 2nd and 3rd divisions. Today, he no longer has a club, after a brief passage by ASM Belfort in national 2.
Finally Mathias Pogba is known above all on social networks. Being the big brother of a world champion obviously helps a lot to shine on the networks. At the beginning of the year, he became a columnist for La Chaîne L’Équipe for a few months. He also opened a barbershop with his twin brother, Florentin, also a professional footballer.
So far Mathias and Paul Pogba seemed to be very close. In the company of Florentin, Paul was also at the end of March at a launch party for Golden Score, an association co-founded by Mathias. Paul is also the main donor of a foundation launched by Mathias, 48 hours for Guinea.
But since then, there has obviously been a break. Mathias today has very harsh words for his little brother, evoking obscure stories of betrayal or lies, without further details. Mathias Pogba posted a picture of himself on Instagram two weeks ago, dubbing himself “The Dark One”.