Pogba brothers, getty images December 19, 2024, 5:20 p.m

Former Guinea national team player Mathias Pogba has been sentenced to three years in prison (two of which are suspended) for his involvement in the kidnapping of his brother Paul Pogba in 2022. This is reported by L’Équipe.

According to the source, Matias Pogba will serve the rest of his sentence in the form of house arrest under electronic monitoring.

It is noted that Matias’ lawyer announced his client’s decision to file an appeal against this sentence.

The main organizer of the blackmail of Paul Pogba in the amount of 13 million. euro received the harshest sentence: eight years in prison with permanent detention. The court also recognized economic damage in the amount of 197,000. EUR and moral damage in the amount of 50,000. euros, ordering all the defendants (with the exception of Mathias Pogba, who was not present on the night of the arrest) to pay this amount to Paul Pogba.