The kidnapping by armed men suffered by Paul Pogba, on the night of March 19 to 20, unsurprisingly affected the midfielder of the France team psychologically.
The Journal du Dimanche
has just revealed remarks entrusted to the investigators by Boubacar Camara, a childhood friend of Paul Pogba.
During his police custody, this close friend of "La Pioche", aged 33, revealed that he had been alongside the current Juventus player just after his confinement.
"He has trouble speaking, and then he tells me that he and my little brother were robbed by hooded guys with weapons," he said.
Let these guys tell him they've been protecting him for thirteen years, and now he has to pay.
They asked him for 13 million euros.
Paul said to me at that time: "How do you want me to give him this sum? I don't want to play football anymore, I want to disappear".
Paul was crying, he was afraid for his children, his wife, his family.
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Mathias Pogba taken into custody
If Paul Pogba has therefore considered ending his career because of this resounding affair of attempted extortion, he now hopes to return to the field as soon as possible with Juve, after a knee operation, and thus participate in the World Cup in Qatar.
In this court case, Mathias Pogba, Paul Pogba's older brother, like four other suspects, was indicted (and detained) for "extortion with a weapon, kidnapping in an organized gang and criminal association".
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