Now it’s Paul Pogba’s turn in the weird French psychodrama
Just when it seemed like the credits were rolling on everyone’s favourite soap opera, the macabre psychodrama of French football has thrown up another ludicrous plotline.
This time Paul Pogba is the unfortunate protagonist: the former United midfielder has accused his own brother and several childhood friends of kidnapping him with assault rifles and then trying to blackmail him for £11 million.
Pogba says the gang of hooded men dragged him to an apartment in Paris and demanded “protection money” for the last 13 years. He paid them £100k as a peace offering but the threats continued.
According to French investigators, the gang said they would reveal incriminating details about Pogba‘s private life, including a claim that he hired a witch doctor to curse his France teammate Kylian Mbappe.
The news emerged after Pogba‘s brother Mathias released a video threatening his brother and Mbappe with “damaging revelations”.
“Everything could be explosive and make a lot of noise,” he warned.
As you can see from the above pic of them in a charity friendly, Paul used to be close with Mathias, whose career peaked with underwhelming spells at Wrexham and Patrick Thistle.
But apparently his brother and their friends became resentful of Paul’s millions and wanted a slice of the pie.
So they did what any reasonable person would: grabbed their assault rifles!
