Pogba’s marabout breaks the silence

Axel Allag, Media365, published on Tuesday, December 06, 2022 at 10:16 p.m.

Birame.D, designated as the marabout of the extortion case denounced by Paul Pogba, gave himself up to the Parisian. He notably claimed that the Blues midfielder had “never asked” him to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé.

New part of the Pogba affair series. Nearly 4 months after the first revelations of this affair which shook French football for a long time before the World Cup was held in Qatar, the marabout hired by Paul Pogba to protect the player from injury broke the silence by confiding in the Parisian. Thus, Birame D., a 39-year-old Senegalese father, denied any harmful action towards Kylian Mbappéin the same line as the words of Paul, who had said in August during a hearing that he had paid money to Birame only for a humanitarian association.

“Paul never asked me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé”

“This whole story of maraboutage is a pure invention. Paul never asked me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé, neither for this PSG-Manchester United, nor for any other occasion.”, affirmed the marabout, denying at the same time the words of Mathias Pogba. “The one and only time we spoke about Kylian was during a phone conversation during the 2018 World Cup. After the game against Argentina (4-3 victory for the Blues) , I said to Paul: ‘it’s crazy how fast the little one is’. Paul answered me with these words: ‘Kylian, it’s a gift from God to have him with us, he relieves us so much, he does us so much good’.

The marabout no longer has contact with Pogba but “refuses to smear his name”

Considering himself the victim of a diversion attempt, Birame D. recalled the essentials: “Paul was kidnapped and threatened by armed men who demanded a payment of several million euros”. This “first and last” speech on the subject allowed him to address the former closeness between Pogba and him, while the Juventus Turin and Blues player told investigators that he had severed ties between the two. men. Put in touch by a mutual friend during the first visit of the French to Juve in 2016, they were able to discuss various themes, such as religion or even works of charity. “In front of the police, Paul may have preferred to distance himself from me. PFor my part, I refuse to smear his name and I remember him as a very beautiful person (…) I am sickened to see that people who present themselves as being among his friends are able today to accuse him of having asked me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé”, proclaimed the marabout.

Last September, Mathias Pogba – brother of Paul – was indicted for extortion in an organized gang and participation in a criminal association of criminals, like 4 other men. Since then, he has been in pre-trial detention while the 4 other people – relatives of the two brothers – have been indicted in particular for extortion with a weapon, kidnapping in an organized gang and criminal conspiracy. Yeo Moriba, the mother of the Pogba brothers, mentioned this affair in her autobiography ‘And in the end, we win’, published on November 16. In his eyes, his son Mathias was caught in “a trap, it was manipulated, robbed by people who were close to us. We felt betrayed. They are big, big sharks” who are fueled by “extreme jealousy”.