Paul Pogba says he is the target of a blackmail plot. Photo: GUILLAUME SOUVANT / AFP/FileSource: AFPThe elder brother of Paul Pogba has been charged and detained over the alleged extortion of the French football star, a source close to the case said Saturday. "We are going to challenge this decision," Mathias Pogba's lawyer, Yassine Bouzrou, told French broadcaster BFMTV, insisting that his client had committed no criminal offence. French prosecutors launched an investigation on September 2. Several people, including Pogba's mother, have already been interviewed by police, a judiciary source told AFP.

Source: The Star September 17, 2022 22:51 UTC