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A few months have passed since the now famous “Pogba affair” exploded. For a brief record, the Juventus player had been kidnapped and threatened by ex-relatives who asked him for money, while his brother, Mathias, was threatened via videos posted on social media in which he mentioned, among other things, a marabout that the 2018 world champion allegedly bewitched Kylian Mbappé on the evening of the Champions League round of 16 between PSG and Manchester United in 2019. “For the first and last time” according to him, the famous marabout named Birame spoke to Le Parisien . He wanted to defend his former friend Paul Pogba by giving his version.
“This whole maraboutage thing is just a pure invention, Birame assures us, indignant at having to justify himself. Paul has never asked me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé, neither for this PSG-Manchester United, nor for another occasion. and the only time we talked about Kylian was during a phone conversation during the 2018 World Cup”. Birame seems to remember it like it was yesterday. “After the match against Argentina (the Blues won, 4-3), I said to Paul: “it’s crazy how fast the little one is”. Paul answered me with these words: “Kylian, it is a gift from God to have him with us, he gives us so much relief, he does us so much good”. to see that people who used to introduce themselves as his friends can now accuse him of asking me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé. All of this makes no sense. I just have the impression that this story of maraboutage has allowed certain people to and to forget the essential: Paul was kidnapped and threatened by armed men who demanded a payment of several million euros.
to summarise
“This whole maraboutage thing is just a pure invention, Birame assures us, indignant at having to justify himself. Paul has never asked me to cast a spell on Kylian Mbappé, neither for this PSG-Manchester United, nor for another occasion. and the only time we talked about Kylian was during a phone conversation during the 2018 World Cup.”
Birame (“Marabout” by Paul Pogba)