Football professional Sylla defends itself: dog “never exposed”

Schalke scorer Moussa Sylla vehemently defends himself against the accusation that he had left his dog back with a dog father and no longer wanted to get him back.

“For several days, Mr. Moussa Sylla and his family have been the destination of a media campaign based on false, distorted and torn information,” says a statement by the French lawyer Dylan Bourkab, which Sylla published on his Instagram account.

“It is important to emphasize that Ghost has never been suspended,” says the letter that is written in English. In addition, the attacker of second division soccer team Schalke 04 posted a picture of a walk with the dog. He wrote: “I just want my dog back, thanks for the news.” The reactions of many people in this case have so far been often negative.

Without a thorough review of the facts, some media had “distributed unfounded and manipulated allegations that come from the supervisor of the dog Ghost, whose real name is Luffy,” says the lawyer’s letter. There were no further explanations of the second name of the animal. The supervisor “consciously decided to stop any contact with the Sylla family, although she repeatedly asked to get her animal back”.

According to the lawyer, the supervisor holds the dog and all official documents relating to the animal back in order to assert their ownership in an unjustified manner “. In addition, the same person had a money disguised as a donation to their animal association “as a condition that my clients receive their dog back”.

The lawyer emphasized that he would “use all legal means in both France and internationally”, “to stop these harmful actions and to vigorously defend Mr. Sylla and his family’s rights”.