PSG keeper cleared in identity row

The Cameroon-born player spoke to police at a station in the Paris suburb of Poissy on Monday after lodging a complaint against his former coach and agent Nicolas Philibert.

"Apoula Edel was heard by the police as part of a complaint of attempted blackmail against Mr Philibert," his lawyer Christophe Bigot told Reuters by telephone.

"He was asked to elaborate on this matter. There were questions on his identity but it was not the prime subject of the discussion."

Police checked his identity and concluded that "Edel had nothing to worry about," Bigot added.

Now regarded as PSG's number one keeper ahead of former French international Gregory Coupet, Edel started their Europa League game at Sevilla last Thursday.

PSG won 1-0 but Sevilla complained to football's European governing body UEFA about Edel's registration.