The star of the French football team and Juventus Turin Paul Pogba denounced Sunday August 28 ” threat » and « organized extortion attempts against him, in a statement signed by his lawyers and his agent. The 2018 world champion reacted the day after the broadcast on social networks of a video where his older brother, Mathias Pogba, 32, promised to ” big revelations on his younger brother, 29 years old. ” Mathias Pogba’s recent statements on social media are unfortunately not a surprise. They add to threats and organized gang extortion attempts against Paul Pogba “Explained in a press release the lawyers of the French international environment, Yeo Moriba (the mother of Mathias and Paul Pogba) and the player’s agent, Rafaela Pimenta. An investigation has been opened in France and entrusted to the services of the Central Directorate of the Judicial Police (DCPJ), a source familiar with the matter told AFP. According to two sources close to the Pogba family contacted by AFP, large sums of money are being demanded from Paul Pogba if he wants to avoid the dissemination of allegedly compromising videos. The international, who returned to Juve this summer after six seasons at Manchester United, is currently sidelined recovering from a right knee injury. He is due to resume competition in mid-September.