REVEALED: Paul Pogba admits he hired a witchdoctor. Explains why

Five suspects, including one of Pogba’s elder brothers, charged with trying to blackmail Paul Pogba out of more than £11million have claimed the former Manchester United star cast evil spells on France teammate and PSG star Kylian Mbappe.

They claim to have recorded a video showing Pogba speaking to the Marabout, who calls himself ‘Ibrahim the Great’ and charges as much as €100 (£88) an hour for his services.

According to Daily Mail, Pogba told investigators working for France’s Central Office for the Fight against Organised Crime (OCLCO) that he indeed hired a witchdoctor but only to help him with his injury-plagued career.

Pogba reportedly denied his hiring of a witch doctor had anything to do with Mbappe and said he ‘never intended to harm anyone’.

On Friday, Mathias Pogba, one of the elder brothers of Paul Pogba tweeted: “My brother has become a fan of witchcraft in recent years, becoming the follower of a sorcerer known as Marabout Ibrahim, called The Great.

“Repeating earlier accusations, Matthias reportedly wrote: ‘My brother, on several occasions, cast spells on his football teammates, including the prodigy Kylian Mbappé, whether out of jealousy or to win a game.”

The report on Daily Mail also revealed Paul Pogba was kidnapped in the eastern suburbs of Paris on March 19 while on international duty with France, four days after a burglary in Manchester which saw his wife, Zulay, and the couple’s two young boys threatened.

Also present in the Paris property were four of Pogba’s childhood friends, identified as Boubacar C., Adama C. and two brothers called Roushdane and Machikour K.

Pogba claims he had his mobile phone taken away and was told to pay the £11million in return for ‘protection fees’ going back 13 years – the length of his professional career – and also for a guarantee that the Marabout evidence, contained on a USB stick, would not be released.

A France security chief which Pogba spoke to after the kidnap incident said as per Daily Mail: “What I learned next was that these people even went to his house in Manchester. He was afraid for his wife and children who lived there.

“I advised him to put a security device in front of the places where his family live.

“As he knew that he was going to go to Turin he told me that he was going take that into account for Italy.”