Unless the club take a really hard line and say “no you’re not going anywhere and we’ll let you sit around for two years”. PSG must swoop in and make the Hammers and offer they can’t refuse.
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Payet’s reaction will represent a sign for many clubs around Europe to react and try to persuade West Ham officials to accept their offer and sell Payet. “This team and the staff gave him everything”, he continued.
After a seventh-placed finish last season, West Ham have struggled to adapt to life in their new London Stadium home – formerly the Olympic Stadium – and were thrashed 5-0 by Manchester City in the FA Cup last Friday. Then they can cash in on Payet in the summer and use that money to bolster the squad, as they do have a lot of weaknesses, especially at the back.
Slaven Bilic feels “let down and angry” at Dimitri Payet’s revelation that he wants to leave West Ham.
A reported bid of £20 from the French club has been rejected by West Ham. He’s not stupid, he understand the club have failed to build on last year’s success.
“I believe in a way it’s easy news and easy interest for the Premier League, but on the other hand I believe it’s completely against the spirit of what a football club should be”. As such, West Ham’s win percentage drops from 41.3 per cent to 25 per cent when he does not feature from the off. He is a very talented player, someone who clearly admires the Gunners, has the technical and mental attributes to excel in Wenger’s system and could even be available in January, unlike numerous best players across Europe. That’s far from an ideal scenario. He has the ability to change such an attitude, but if Payet isn’t willing to remain professional and play for his contracted club when the going gets tough, what’s not to say he’d throw a strop if things aren’t going the way he’d hoped for at Arsenal.
An old face was the first player that was linked with a move to the London, with Jermain Defoe been linked with a move back to his first professional club.
With an enviable record that dwarfed the contributions of the accepted world greats such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, it’s always been a conundrum as to why Payet’s national team were so unsure of his talents.
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Dimitri Payet is not fit to be compared to club legends such as Bobby Moore, Trevor Brooking and Geoff Hurst and should be stripped of his Hammer of the Year award.
