PSG striker, Kylian Mbappe has denied any rift with Juventus midfielder, Paul Pogba after his name came up in a blackmail affair engulfing his France teammate.
Mbappe was speaking at a press conference ahead of Tuesday’s Champions League game between PSG and Pogba’s Juventus in Paris.
“No because today as things stand I prefer to believe what my teammate says,” Paris Saint-Germain star Mbappe said when asked if there might be a problem with Pogba.
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“He called me and gave me his version of events. It is his word against his brother’s word. I am going to trust my teammate,” Mbappe said of his fellow 2018 World Cup winner.
“I think it’s in the interests of the national team as well with a big tournament coming up.
“At the moment he already has certain problems and now is not the time to add to those problems.
“We’ll see what happens but I am quite detached from all that.”
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