Craziest football stories of the year
Aminata Diallo (27) and Kheira Hamraoui (32) both play for PSG
November 4th 2021
After dinner at an upscale restaurant with teammates Diallo offered Hamraoui a ride home. First Diallo dropped off another teammate then on the way to Hamraoui’s house their journey was interrupted when two men jumped in front of the car. They opened the passenger door and dragged Hamraoui out.
One of the men then began beating Hamraoui with a metal bar, focusing on her legs and leaving her cut and bruised.
Why do you think Hamraoui was attacked?
November 17th 2021
Police arrested Diallo saying she organized the attack. Why do you think they thought that?
The police decided to focus on Diallo because she took a really long detour to take Hamroui home.
They believed that Diallo was angry at Hamraoui because they were rivals for the same position in the team.
Diallo was soon released by the police. She claimed:
arresting her was racial profiling
they should look at the Hayet Abidal. Hamraoui was having an affair with former footballer Eric Abidal.
Hamraoui was injured for several weeks so Diallo played instead. What do you think happened?
The police saw that Hamraoui had called Eric Abidal the morning of the attack and Abidal admitted he was having an affair with her. He is now divorced from his wife.
Diallo’s agent, Cesar M, is dating one of the other PSG players and is the agent of 4 PSG players in total. He told all his players to support Diallo and criticize Hamraoui.
As a result, some fans held up banners supporting Diallo. They were against her because of her affair.
Diallo’s contract was not renewed by PSG but Hamraoui is dropped from the first team.
Diallo is arrested.
Leaked reports show the police bugged Diallo’s phone. They found disturbing Google searches, including ‘dangerous drug cocktail’ and ‘how to break a kneecap’ before the attack was carried out.
They found a connection between her and the men who attacked Hamraoui.
Paul Pogba (29) is one of the stars of the French National Team. In the summer he moved to Juventus from Manchester United.
In August (2022) Paul Pogba was KIDNAPPED while in Paris. He was taken to a flat and couldn’t leave. Why do you think he was kidnapped?
He was being held for RANSOM. The kidnappers demanding €11 million from him. They claimed they had been protecting him discreetly for years.
What would you recommend Pogba to do?
Pogba with his brother and mother
He tried to pay them but his bank’s daily limit was €100,000 so he gave them that in cash. They released him.
Pogba claims the group who took him to the flat included his brother and friends from his childhood. They took him to the flat then men wearing hoods with guns appeared. They demanded the money from him.
How do you feel about this story?
Pogba, like many French football players, grew up in working class housing estates (banlieues) outside Paris. There are many gangs who work there. Many kids feel if they can’t learn a skill like football or music, they will end up joining a gang.
After the kidnapping Pogba says he was often threatened by the group who still wanted all of the money… in Manchester then in Turin when he changed teams.
Mathias Pogba, then released a video, in 4 languages, saying he would soon release “explosive information” that could “affect his sibling’s popularity around the world”.
It seems he was blackmailing his brother; “Pay the money or I’ll reveal your secrets”
What kind of secrets do you think he is talking about?
Mathias claimed Paul hired a witchdoctor (for €200,000) to put a curse on Kylian Mbappe in 2019 before a match between their two teams. Mbappe and Pogba are team mates in the France team
Paul said these are all lies.
How do you think Mbappe reacted when he heard this news?
He said he would trust his teammate and not his brother
In September Mathias Pogba was arrested by the police for his involvement with the gang. He claims he was being pressured by the gang to help them
He said and his friends were attacked by 3 hooded men in July.
One of their car’s was set on fire
One of them was shot in the hand. Hospital records show this is true.
Do you believe anything Mathias said?
Even though he is now in Prison, he is still releasing pre-recorded videos about his brother. More crazy stories may come out in the future