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Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe on Monday confirmed that Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba reached out to him and denied that the 2 had variations after Mbappe’s identify got here up in an extortion scandal at present underneath felony investigation by French prosecutors.

French prosecutors are investigating allegations that Pogba was the goal of extortion by his elder brother Mathias Pogba and childhood associates. They allegedly demanded €13 million (almost $13m) from the France midfielder.

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French media reviews mentioned Paul Pogba advised investigators the extortionists needed to discredit him by claiming he requested a witch physician to solid a spell on Mbappe — an allegation denied by his France teammate.

On Monday, Mbappe advised a information convention that he had no points and confirmed that Pogba had already reached out to him.

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“I do not suppose it’s going to alter my relationship with him,” Mbappe mentioned throughout the information convention previous to PSG’s Tuesday Champions League match in opposition to Juventus. “As of right now, I desire to belief the phrase of a teammate. He referred to as me, he gave me his model of the story and as of right now, it’s his phrase in opposition to his brother’s phrase.

“So I’ll belief my teammate, in one of the best of curiosity of the nationwide staff as properly. Now we have a giant competitors arising. He has some points for the time being so it isn’t the second so as to add to them for him and that is it.

“We are going to see what occurs. I’m fairly indifferent about it.”

Mathias Pogba final week appeared to deal with the witch physician declare in a Twitter put up directed at Mbappe: “Kylian, do you perceive now? I’ve nothing in opposition to you, what I’m saying is to your personal good, all the things is true and identified, the witch physician is understood!”

Pogba reportedly made a €100,000 ($100,000) cost after he was threatened by masked, armed males in a Paris condominium in March whereas he was in France for nationwide staff responsibility.

He additionally denied the accusation about Mbappe, telling media in France that he had not sought to solid any kind of spell to hurt Mbappe and solely used the sorcerer in a bid to be protected against accidents.

Pogba, whose knee harm requires surgical procedure, is sidelined for Juve’s conflict with PSG on Tuesday and faces a battle to be match for France’s defence of the World Cup trophy in Qatar beginning in November.

Early reviews say he won’t return to motion for the Serie A membership till January. Final month Pogba determined to not have surgical procedure after he broken his meniscus in coaching following his transfer again to Juve from Manchester United within the shut season.

“This morning he educated for the second time however then stopped and it was then determined that he bear surgical procedure. We are going to realistically get him again in January,” Allegri advised reporters earlier than Tuesday’s Champions League conflict at PSG.

Allegri was not sure if 29-year-old Pogba can be prepared for France’s world title defence on the Nov. 21-Dec. 18 World Cup in Qatar, including: “The World Cup shouldn’t be my drawback, Juventus’ drawback is that he comes again in January.”

Info from The Related Press was used on this report.

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