In a stunning revelation, the alleged father of Borussia Dortmund star Youssoufa Moukoko has claimed the footballer shouldn’t be his organic son and is definitely 4 years older than his official age of 20.
In a sworn assertion, Joseph Moukoko, 73, said that Moukoko was born on July 19, 2000, not November 20, 2004 as is formally recorded.
Moukoko’s alleged father mentioned he and his spouse “made him four years younger” by acquiring a false beginning certificates in Yaoundé, Cameroon earlier than bringing him to Germany.
“Youssoufa Moukoko is not the biological son of me and my wife, Marie Moukoko. Nor was he born on 20 November 2004 in Yaoundé, Cameroon,” Joseph Moukoko claimed beneath oath. “He was actually born on 19 July 2000. We made him four years younger. Now he was born on 20 November 2004.”
The explosive revelation comes after years of scrutiny over Moukoko’s age, with the ahead having been thought of a prodigy since bursting onto the scene as an adolescent.
Bild, the German publication that reported the story, said that their investigation in Cameroon discovered no proof of Moukoko’s 2004 beginning, however did uncover a beginning certificates for a “Youssoufa Mohamadou” born on July 19, 2000.
Borussia Dortmund has stood by Moukoko’s official age, with the membership’s communications director Sascha Fligge stating that “the organic dad and mom could be traced from official id paperwork and beginning certificates issued by a German authority.
Fligge added that Moukoko’s German beginning certificates was obtained when Joseph and Marie Moukoko gained German citizenship.
The most recent improvement is the newest twist within the ongoing saga surrounding Moukoko’s age, which has been the topic of intense hypothesis and debate over time.
With the participant now doubtlessly 4 years older than believed, the revelations might have important implications for his future and the validity of his achievements up to now.
