Pogba affair: the stroke of genius of “Mini” Raiola

The Paul Pogba affair is making pschiiit, at least on the side of his accusing brother Mathias, who calmed things down through his lawyers. A clever woman, the heiress of Mino Raiola, is behind it all. Two weeks after the revelations of Mathias Pogba, who made very serious accusations against his brother and other figures in the world of football, the big brother of Paul Pogba swallowed his hat. Through his lawyer, he said on Friday that he would not say more on social networks, contrary to everything he had previously announced. Obviously, the famous smoking evidence, in particular of the possible maraboutage against Kylian Mbappé, should not come out. At least in this way since an investigation is underway and justice will go to the end of this case. “Mathias Pogba, who aspires more than anything to calm the situation with his brother, will now reserve his word for the investigating judges in charge of this file, if necessary”, indicated the advice of the attacker who passed through the divisions. lower in Spain, France or England. How to explain this reversal of the situation, when, a few days earlier, Mathias Pogba had confirmed his accusations, and had above all explained well in a video that one should not be disturbed by all the media hype. But in reality, the counterfire lit by the Paul Pogba clan had its effect, with in particular the complaint filed by the player after the extortion attempt which took place at Juventus Turin on July 14. It was Rafaela Pimenta’s desire to put things in the hands of the police, to make it clear that the French international was a victim in this affair. And also to warn the staff of the France team, because events had taken place on the sidelines of a match of the Blues last spring. Finally, she was quickly heard by the investigators as well. A way also to anticipate leaks, because such a situation was bound to reflect on the player one day or another. Leaks welcome in the press? The businesswoman, who studied international law in Sao Paulo, knows Paul Pogba very well, and was able to easily convince him to go through the doors of the police station in Turin. Mino Raiola’s collaborator for 20 years, when the recently deceased agent began to climb in the football world, she acquired a growing influence with La Pioche, who often calls her his “2nd mom”. Very busy this summer, with the transfer of Erling Haaland but also that of the French international from Manchester United to Juventus, she took this case of attempted extortion very seriously. She also found herself targeted by the accusations of Mathias Pogba in her first video, in particular because of her great influence on Paul Pogba. And for Le Monde, if the details of the complaint filed by the Turinese have filtered through the media, it may not be totally foreign to it. This has in any case made it possible to reverse the trend and to give a judicial character to this affair. And all this, for the heir to the Raiola empire, without making the slightest statement to the press, towards whom she is much more distant than her mentor was.