France facing threat over Pogba-Mbappe scandal – media

Fears are growing in France that an escalating row between Paul Pogba and Kylian Mbappe could harm their country's World Cup title defense Read Full Article at RT.com

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Aug 30, 2022 - 15:00
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France facing threat over Pogba-Mbappe scandal – media

Paul Pogba has been accused of employing witchcraft to cast a spell on teammate Kylian Mbappe

France national team coach Didier Deschamps could be left having to decide whether to axe Paul Pogba or Kylian Mbappe for his World Cup squad later this year due to a brewing row between the pair, according to reports in the national press. 

The football superstars have always appeared to be friends, but a family feud between Paul Pogba and his brother Mathias has seen Juventus midfielder Paul accused of employing a west African religious figure known as a Marabout to cast a witchcraft spell on Mbappe.

Mathias threatened to make revelations about Paul Pogba, his agent Rafaela Pimenta and Mbappe with videos at the weekend published in English, French, Italian and Spanish.

Reacting to the clips, Paul Pogba then claimed to have been the subject of an extortion attempt which a report from France Info claimed has seen Mathias and Pogba's childhood friends try to get up to €13 million ($13.02 million) from the ex-Manchester United man.

RMC Sport says that Pogba paid his alleged blackmailers €100,000 ($100,200) to buy time and their silence about the scandal, but Mathias and the rest of the gang wanted the far bigger €13 million sum in exchange for services rendered after supposedly providing Pogba with protection over his 13 year career as a footballer.