Shocking new revelations in Paul Pogba extortion case

Paul Pogba's last years were not what everyone expected. Football prodigy and global star after years at the top level between Manchester United and Juventus Turin, the player trained in Le Havre finally saw his career take an unexpected turn. A year ago, the Italian anti-doping agency (NADO) revealed that Pogba had tested positive for the doping substance DHEA on August 20, 2023 during the first day of the 2023-24 Serie A against Udinese. In addition to this sporting mishap which earned him a four-year suspension, ultimately shortened by the CAS and which will allow La Pioche to return to the field from March 2025, Paul Pogba also had to deal with several legal disputes.

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Indeed, a very sordid affair with which Paul Pogba would surely never have wanted to be associated broke out two years ago in parallel with this doping affair. In March 2022, when the midfielder was going to go to the French team gathering, he was kidnapped by two hooded men who demanded the sum of 13 million euros from him. This Tuesday, the trial of six individuals, linked to this affair and suspected of having been involved in the organization of this meeting, will be held at the Paris Criminal Court. In this sordid affair, his older brother, Mathias, even played a fairly central role. In the meantime, new revelations have shed light on certain elements of this affair.

Paul Pogba did not hesitate to put his hand in his pocket for his friends

Indeed, at a time when the relationships that the 31-year-old player had with some of his relatives linked to this affair will be dissected, and have already been revealed in broad terms for two years, The Team revealed new elements this Monday. In the columns of our colleagues, we learn more about the rather special relationship that Pogba had with his relatives and childhood friends. Indeed, very attached to his Ile-de-France roots, the native of Lagny-sur-Marne did not hesitate to align himself with the financial demands of his friends. Generous, the former Red Devil did not hesitate to give 5 to 10,000 euros to his friends once or twice a year on his own initiative. Pogba had also been generous with a certain Boubacar C., a childhood friend, to whom he gave 40,000 euros after the latter bought his mother a house. Generosity even towards a long-lost friend who needed 5,000 euros to buy a used car in Reunion. Same thing when he gives 150,000 euros to Machikour K. so that the latter can develop a fast-food restaurant.

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In addition to the hundreds of thousands of euros that he also paid to his marabout, the 2018 world champion did not skimp on resources when it came to his brothers. While the very recurring demands of his brother Matthias sometimes cooled their relationship, Paul Pogba complied. So, he gave him and his brother Florentin a gift of 100,000 euros during the twins' joint birthday on August 19, 2022. When Florentin was the victim of a real estate scam, his little brother got his hands on in the pocket. Questioned during a hearing, Paul Pogba justified his great generosity: “because, as they were my friends, I wanted to help them a little. Sometimes I came, I visited, I gave cash to parents, some have children… I wanted to help them, I grew up with them. It made me happy, it came from me. I don't ask for anything, I don't expect anything. I really did it so that they could move forward in their lives and have their own business. The problem is, I don't like saying no. » New elements should still be revealed in the coming days, while the midfielder will not be present during this week of trial.