Paul Pogba 'target of £11m plot by gun-wielding childhood friends' as broth manchester united jersey collection er threatens to reveal 'explosive' secrets
PAUL POGBA has claimed he was the target of an £11million blackmail plot by his childhood friends.
It comes after his older brother Mathias Pogba, 32, bizarrely threatened to revealT manchester united jersey png urkey National Team Jerseys "explosive information" that could "affect his sibling's popularity around the world".
Paul, 29, told authorities the group requested the money for "protection services" sSlovenia National Team Jerseystretching back 13 years, it is understood.
Judicial sources in Paris confirmed on Sunday that an investigation for "attempted extortion in an organised gang manchester united jersey bangladesh " has been opened.
A source told French news ou manchester united jersey nike tlet France Info, that the footballer's "childhood friends" were named as suspects.
The ex-Man United star claimed he was dragged to an apartment in the Paris suburb of Lagny-sur-Ma manchester united jersey in london rne.
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The source said: "During various hearings, Paul Pogba was able to confide in investigators from the Central Office of Judicial Police Combating Organised Crime that he was trapped by childhood friends, and two hooded men armed with assault rifles."
The footballer is said to have told investigators that the group accused him of not helping them financially since becoming a professional football player and demanded £11million (€1 adidas manchester united jersey india 3million).
The two armed men told Paul that they "protected him discreetly" since he wasJamaica National Team Jerseys 13 including during two spells at Manchester United, the last of which ended earlier this year.
He said he saw his alleged blackmailers a number of times in April in Manchester and then in July at the Juventus training centre in Turin.