Paul Pogba and his brother Mathias Pogba are embroiled in an extremely public war of words after it was revealed over the weekend that investigations are underway into a potential attempt to blackmail the Juventus star. The France international has alleged that his older brother is part of a conspiracy to extract $13 million from him with new wrinkles emerging on a seemingly hourly basis. Most notably, Mathias has made counter claims that his brother used witchcraft to wish injury on France teammate Kylian Mappe

Paul Pogba has denied Mathias' accusations so far, but Mathias continues to add to his claims via social media in what has quickly become an extremely messy episode.

Les Bleus, of course, are no strangers to controversy. Most notably, another blackmail scandal, this one between Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena, ended both players' international careers until the Real Madrid man's recent comeback in 2021. 

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Latest Pogba developments

French authorities are investigating Paul Pogba's allegations of blackmail at gunpoint for a sum of $13 million which implicates the 29-year-old's brother Mathias and some childhood friends, according to L'Equipe.

Paul Pogba's claim is that a childhood friend staying with him in Manchester stole around $200,000, but the then-Manchester United player did not file a complaint at the time. Mathias now claims that it was an innocent cousin whom Paul tried to deny knowledge of.

L'Equipe also report that the authorities are considering whether Paul Pogba has painted a full picture of the reasons behind the blackmail attempt with Mathias yet to respond to requests to clarify one of his recent Twitter quotes: "It is not about money. You implicated me despite myself, and I almost died because of you. You left me in a hole and now you want to play the innocent one?"