Paul Pogba’s father Fassou passes away aged 79

Fassou Antoine Pogba passed away on Friday aged 79 after battling illness In March, Paul Pogba posted Instagram photo of his father with a birthday cake Fassou left his native Guinea as a 30-year-old to move to Paris in France His sons Florentin and Mathias are also footballers and both play for Guinea Fassou was spotted in the stands at Euro 2016 in France, supporting Paul playing for Les Bleus against Switzerland with Florentin and Mathias standing beside him. In March Manchester United midfielder Paul posted on Instagram to celebrate his father’s birthday – captioning the post ‘Happy birthday dear Dad, I feel blessed to be your son #pogdaddy #fighter #pogbance.’