In 2022, Paul Pogba was snatched from a Paris street by a gang of masked man.

They held assault rifles to his head and demanded €13m.

Today, his own brother was jailed for his part in the blackmail plot.

But how did it come to this? Buckle in for the full, shocking story... Our story begins in the mean suburbs of Paris, where Paul and his brother Mathias are raised by a single mum.

Weirdly, Paul describes her as his "first girlfriend".

But while Paul's football career flourishes, his brother's goes in a different direction...

Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.”

The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords.

Meet Colombia's finest export...
Even before joining Newcastle in 1996, Asprilla had a reputation as a nutcase.

At Italian giants Parma, he misses a European final after gashing his leg by kicking in the door of a bus.

When his captain hands him a written warning, he grabs the letter and eats it.

David Beckham is England's naughtiest national treasure.

He scrapped with Fergie, played strip Scrabble with Page 3 girls, and skipped his son's birth to hang out with Beyonce.

From knobbing his PA to "the stag do of the millennium", meet the real David Beckham... Our story begins when Becks is born in the aptly named suburb of Whipps Cross.

He joins Man United as a schoolboy, and sneaks out to go raving at the Hacienda nightclub.

After graduating to the first team, he nets this stunner from his own half against Wimbledon.

The year is 2005.

Pep Guardiola is handed a suspended jail term for drug use by an Italian court.

But how did it come to this?

From sinister shamans to feuds with Mourinho, this is the story of City's slaphead supercoach... In 1986, a 15-year-old Pep watches Terry Venables guide his beloved Barcelona to the European Cup final.

Six years later, Guardiola wins the trophy for Barca himself, along with two league titles.

He's only 21, but an Italian magazine brands him the best player on earth.

Mike Tyson's life is absolutely insane.

The heavyweight champ robbed houses, got his prison counsellor pregnant, and made Brad Pitt beg for his life.

And that's just the tame stuff.

From kilos of cocaine to tigers eating neighbours, meet the scariest man on the planet… Mike Tyson dropped out of school at 7 for a life of crime.

At age 11, he takes acid, robs houses and terrorises locals with a WW1 bayonet.

When a bully rips the head off his pet pigeon, Mike knocks him out.

Soon grown men are knocking on his door, challenging him to fight.

"This man is a genius", Man United tweeted about Erik Ten Hag in February 2023.

Today they sacked him after two years of bitter feuds, poisoned guests and disastrous results.

From miserable benders to firing Fergie, this is the story of Ten Hag at the wheel...
In August 2022, Erik Ten Hag's reign at Man United gets off to a shaky start.

Brentford thump United 4-0 in his second match and his sheepish squad are booed by their own fans.

The new boss cancels the squad's day off and makes them run 13km.

Jens Lehmann is a bona fide headcase.

The ex-Arsenal keeper strangled teammates, pissed on pitches, and attacked his neighbours in the dead of night.

From drunken arrests to chainsaw rampages, this is the story of Mad Jens...
Our story in begins in 1993 when economics student Jens Lehmann lines up for Schalke against local rivals Leverkusen.

But he's subbed off after conceding 3 goals in 7 minutes.

Rather than face his gaffer's fury, Lehmann legs it, borrows cash from a fan, and gets the tram home.

The year is 2018.

Ex-Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant is defending his countless threesomes to a jeering audience on The Jeremy Kyle Show.

But how did it come to this?

From cat murder cover-ups to cannabis farms in the attic, this is the scandalous saga of Jermaine Pennant... Our story begins in 1998, when a fresh-faced Jermaine stars for the Notts County youth team.

But his coaches despair when he falls in with a local gang.

One night, Jermaine dodges a gun fight by hiding in KFC, nicking chicken wings while his mates fight a rival posse outside.

They don't make managers like Neil Warnock anymore.

He gave team talks naked, cut his players' toe nails and picked the team based on his wife's dreams.

So by all means enjoy this thread, but "enjoy it by being fucking disciplined"... Our story begins in the late 80s, when a young Stan Collymore walks into the Notts County dressing room.

He finds manager Neil Warnock on his knees, cutting his players' toenails.

A trained chiropodist, Warnock fixes a few bunions as he guides the Magpies to the top flight.

For a man who captained his country, John Terry is a proper wrong'un.

The Chelsea defender scrapped in nightclubs, pissed in pint glasses and shagged on motorway hard shoulders.

This is the story of JT: captain, leader, bell end… Our story begins in 1994, when a teenage John devastates his family by leaving West Ham for Chelsea.

And when he scores against the Hammers, they go nuts.

He recalls: "I went to celebrate in front of their fans, I saw my uncle and my father screaming and insulting me.”

He was supposed to be the next Ronaldo.

But Adriano's career imploded thanks to a crazy cocktail of goals, guns and gangbangs.

From 20 person orgies to accidentally shooting his girlfriend, this is the story of a wonderkid gone wild...

Our story begins in 2004, when 22-year-old Adriano is a Brazilian national hero.

He top scores in the Copa America, lights up Serie A with Inter and is unplayable in Pro Evo Soccer.

But tragedy is about to strike...

Three years ago Dutch winger Quincy Promes was lighting up Euro 2020 and linked with Man United.

Now he's exiled in Dubai, fighting a jail sentence for cocaine smuggling and stabbing his cousin.

From hit n' runs to stolen necklaces, this is the story of a broken Promes... Our story begins in 2017, when Dutch bad boy Quincy Promes fires Spartak Moscow to the title.

He's named Russia's footballer of the year, gets a £15m move to Ajax and records a rap track with Memphis Depay.

But it's all about to come crashing down...

When Roman Abramovich sold Chelsea, the fans feared the worst.

And it turns out they were right! Todd Boehly's two year reign has been an absolute shitshow.

From 42 man squads to Tuchel's sordid secret, this is the story of Chelsea's takeover from hell...

In May 2022, white-toothed soccer chad Todd Boehly buys Chelsea from Roman Abramovich.

Keen to prove he's not a clueless yank, he proposes his dream starting line up to Thomas Tuchel's backroom team.

It has 12 players laid out in a rare 4-4-3 formation.

When Wayne Rooney burst on to the scene, there was only one nagging doubt.

Would he have the sordid private life to match his footballing genius?

It didn’t take long to find out.

From airport arrests to spiking his teammates with Viagra, welcome to the wild world of Wazza... Our story begins in 2002, when 16-year-old Rooney bursts on to the scene with a screamer for Everton.

But while his teammates rave about their new prodigy, Wayne isn't so impressed with them.

"I remember thinking: these are crap," he admits later.

N'Golo Kante is the nicest man in football.

He drives a banged up old Mini, does his shopping at Asda, and meets up with fans to play FIFA.

As the midfield maestro lights up Euro 2024, here's the story of football's loveliest bloke...



Our story begins in the Parisian suburbs, where a teenage Kante stars in the youth team of local side JS Suresnes.

But he's half the size of his teammates...

When he wins a player of the tournament award, the mini midfielder (far left) looks on as his pals hoist his trophy.

England's stars take on Denmark tomorrow, and as your grandmother might say, "they seem like a lovely bunch."

But the current crop aren't complete angels.

From scrapping in pubs to propositioning pregnant fans, here are the squad's wildest moments... GK: Jordan Pickford

The Everton keeper doesn't take kindly to name callers.

His family changed their name from Pigford to avoid being called 'Piggy', and Jordan has got into at least two pub fights with hecklers who joked about his "T-Rex arms".

The England squad that flew to Germany in 2006 was packed with absolute wrong'uns.

From shagging grannies to battering DJs, meet England's last golden generation... Jamie Carragher (RB)

In what the tabloids called "the most debauched Christmas party ever", Carragher smothered himself in whipped cream before shagging strippers with a Liverpool teammate.

Michael Owen is said to have stood in the corner looking "stunned".

Jose Mourinho is so charismatic that John Terry said "I'd leave the pitch in a coffin for him".

But he's also a ruthless bastard who threatens ball boys, fights staff and spits poison at his enemies.

As he plots his next move, this is the story of Jose Mourinho v The World... Mourinho's dad was a top flight manager in Portugal, and Jose soon learns how cruel football can be.

“I was 9 or 10 years old and my father was sacked on Christmas Day", he recalls.

But it doesn't put him off: Jose bags his first job as a translator for Porto boss Bobby Robson.

Surprise stabbings. Crazed stalkers. Broomsticks up bums.

Neymar's life is like a Netflix drama.

From punching Parisians to bankrolling his dad's orgies, welcome to ludicrous life of football's biggest wrong'un... Our story begins in 2013, when Neymar's dad enjoys an orgy with several prostitutes at a swanky London hotel.

The gang bang is a sweetener in the €86m deal taking his son from Santos to Barcelona.

According to Santos' president, Neymar won't sign until the orgy is complete.

Gary Neville is a bloody intense bloke.

He bollocks innocent school boys, yells at potatoes, and humiliates his own brother in front of millions of fans.

Don't tell him we wrote this, but here's the story of Sky Sports' grumpy old man... Our story begins in the bungalows of Bury, where Gary relentlessly batters his little brother Phil at table tennis.

They join Man Utd, and Gary rooms with cheeky cockney David Beckham.

David decks their room with scented candles, but Gary enrages him with 5am alarm clocks.

Faustino Asprilla once summed up his philosophy: "lots of sex, no rules and pure life.”

The Newcastle cult hero boozed on the team bus, brought a gun to training, and faced down bloodthirsty drug lords.

Meet Colombia's finest export...

Even before joining Newcastle in 1996, Asprilla had a reputation as a nutcase.

At Italian giants Parma, he misses a European final after gashing his leg by kicking in the door of a bus.

When his captain hands him a written warning, he grabs the letter and eats it.