Friends of Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba say he's confident of emerging from his current crisis.

Former Manchester United ace Pogba is now recovering from knee surgery, while he is also embroiled in an extortion case.

However, in remarks granted to the Journal du Dimanche, a close friend of Pogba said about the current situation: “It is a very hard year.

"But he is very religious and has his head on his shoulders. These trials, he knows how to overcome."

In a new development last week, Richard Arbib, Matthias Pogba's lawyer, declared that Paul Pogba's brother was not part of the alleged extortion attempt.

“Given the evolution of the case and its media impact, Mathias Pogba wishes to strongly indicate that he is totally foreign to any maneuver of extortion with regard to his brother, Paul Pogba. It is clear that the difficulties experienced by the Pogba family are the result of external threats of which the Justice, now seized, will take full measure."