Published on: 09/01/2022 – 12:29Modified on: 09/01/2022 – 12:31 Target of extortion attempts amounting to millions of euros, Paul Pogba finds himself at the heart of an incredible affair whose own brother Mathias is at the origin. While Mathias and his twin Florentin Pogba played in the jersey of Guinea, France 24 went to gather the opinion of the Guinean sports press which closely follows the “Pogbaffair”. “The Pogbas wash the dirty laundry in public.” In Guinea, the country for which the twin brothers Mathias and Florentin Pogba, eldest of Paul the French international, play, the incredible accusations of extortion and maraboutage are causing a stir in the local press. “You can’t imagine a single moment that it happens to this very close-knit family. It is a surprise for us this Pogba affair with brothers who tear each other apart, “said Aliou Chérif, journalist at CIS Radio. “We are very surprised at what is happening. was so used to seeing them together: Mathias, Florentin and Paul. When you see them together, they make you want to live, to live well”, explains Bobo Barry, another journalist from the same radio.>> To read also on France 24: The Pogba, from football passion to extortion accusations french and star of the Juventus. To investigators, the 29-year-old midfielder said he was trapped by childhood friends and two hooded men armed with assault rifles accusing him of not having helped them financially. A sum of 13 million euros would have been claimed from him, and the “Pickaxe” claims to have paid 100,000 euros. The story came to the surface after the publication on Saturday of an enigmatic video of Mathias Pogba, the player’s older brother , cold with the star of the Blues. He twice promised “revelations” on the Turinese, and in particular on his supposed use of the services of a marabout. In France, an investigation was opened on August 3 by the head of extortion in an organized gang and attempt. The investigations were entrusted to the Central Office for the Fight against Organized Crime.