Still a fabulous footballer, was arguably the player of the Euros.
Dimitri Payet | Joins Marseille for £25million
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Yeah, I heard bad things about him.
Will fit in a treat at OM then.
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This season hes not been too great has he?
What a downgrade that would be
This a bad situation for West Ham, can't see any up side for them in this. Payet is no good to them anymore, he will never come back and be the player he was and the fans will never except him anymore. If you are West Ham you would like to just freeze him out the next 41/2 years, don't play him and make him train on his own, but they are in no position to do that. Nor am I sure they could legally do that. Best to sell him now for the best money you can get and move on.
Every time I have seen him this season he has been ordinary at best. Seems to be always trying to fall down for free kicks in opponents half.
That's pretty much his entire game.
Except it's not.
Bilic sounds like he's going to do his best to make him see out the season. He'll try to make an agreement with Payet that as long as Payet does his best for the next few months, he'll be allowed to go with West Ham's blessing in the summer window.
It doesn't sound like Payet is going to accept that though. In which case, it will be interesting to see how stubborn Bilic and West Ham are willing to be. And if they do force him to stay until the summer, will he actually perform or will he sulk and be banished to the reserves for the entire time?
I don't know if West Ham are in a position to force him to stay though, so I expect he'll get his move this window.
Suarez did the same and almost won Liverpool the league.
Mark Noble slip coming up.
Mark Noble slip coming up.
Well, it does. If at least certain teams would take the Pulis approach regularly, you wouldn't see all those 6-year contracts being broken by players after one year. This way - how most clubs do it currently - the club has all the risk, while the player holds all the cards. Player gets long year contract with a lot of "safe" future money, but can himself break the contract any time. Club has all the risks. In case of bad form, injury, or players not reaching what you expected from them, they have to pay them for 5 years nevertheless. In case of the player reaching heights, club can do next to nothing to stop him - at least nothing that wouldn't harm the club itself.
If every manager would take the Pulis approach, player would think long and firm to sign those 5+1 year contracts.
Mourinho's approach is about unwanted players who are never on the pitch. That's a whole different story. Wonder how it would look if Pogba or Rashford would want to go. The cordialities would surely be over.
Of course if any club meets the value the club put on him - before Payet's statement - they should sell him nevertheless. But letting him go for cheap, because of this - never
I thought you knew about OM?
Bad club, reputedly bad owner (not that he can be much less shady on the edges than some of those before him) how is that not a good fit? La justice n'a pas fini avec L'OM.
He signed a five year contract last Feb. What a ponce.
I love how managers make these "We won't let him leave" statements when it's pretty clear it's the only solution and has to happen.
We won't let him leave is managerspeak for you need to up the ante my friend.
Small time club with illusions of grandeur after moving into a big stadium. They have a really average squad and Bilic massively overperformed with them last season; kind of like when Pardew took Wonga to 6th. I'm not suprised where they are in the league and I'm even less suprised Payet wants out; although he's being a massive cnut about it.
Where can he go that would be a big step up from West Ham? I can't imagine any top pl club being after him (I hope to God we avoid him like the plague) and he's not exactly good enough for Bayern, Barca or Madrid.
Maybe PSG will panic buy him since they're struggling in the league.
Maybe PSG will panic buy him since they're struggling in the league.
From the sounds of things he just wants to go back to Marseille and isn't looking to force a move to a bigger club?
Nah, the panic is over at PSG, they beat the incredibly poor Metz in the League Cup quarters last night, Di Maria had a reasonable game so they're OK...until they come up against a good side again that is.
Mood swings at PSG must be a yardstick for seriously depressed people.
Anyway I think they've learnt their lesson with Ben Arfa, just because the press says he's tops it doesn't mean it's true.
He did score one of the best goals in recent years against Boro. But yeah he hasn't been as good as last season.
He's been good for the most part, the issue has been more that he's had hardly anything around him and that West Ham have been pretty poor at times this season. They desperately need to spend on attacking options, most importantly a striker and not one in the mould of a Zaza (anybody who had previously watched him could have seen that was an awful move on their part). Carroll is good when fit but that's the big issue, he's consistently been injured. Payet was hands down their star player last season and one of the best in the league. He's been mostly good this season, in all honesty without him they'd be even further down the table and much worst off. He set the bar high for himself after his performances last season so that's maybe why some feel he hasn't been as good this season.
Unless they have a few great targets that they know they can get in this window I think they'd be crazy to sell him before the summer. He's more valuable to them (granted they can get him playing again if they refuse to sell him) than the cash in this window IMO.
The time to cash in on him at all would have been last summer after the Euros. Wasn't he making noises then too that he wanted a move out of West Ham? I seem to remember that, but could be wrong. Anyway, that time has past and they won't get the larger fee they could have gotten 5 months ago.
Wasn't he in demand in China?
Keep him as far away from this club as possible imo
Bring him to United. He would be great here.
Michu mark II
If he doesn't want to train I hope the club stops paying him.
Do Not Want at United with that kind of attitude.
Do Not Want at United with that kind of attitude.
His corner kicks alone are worth £10m.
Why wouldn't they legally be able to do that if they own his contract?
Freeze him out, He shouldn't have agreed to such a contract if he had no intention of honouring it (and by that I mean, at least give it another year Dmitri for fecks sake)
Crystal Palace should make a move if only to see the headline "Payet again, Sam". It doesn't make any sense, but it'd instantly be one of the best things the Sun has ever printed.
So it seems
Can't stand the diving one-trick pony. Had a miraculous season last year, and for some reason has always been picked ahead of Martial in the national squad. Why sign that new contract last year? True mercenary.
Can't stand West Ham either.
A match made in heaven.
Can't stand West Ham either.
A match made in heaven.
There are posters on here who are more familiar with the legal implications of having him rot in the reserves or sit on the bench for 41/2 years, but I think it could be considered restraint of trade. The European Union's employment laws would likely come into play if there was an attempt to freeze him out. Even if most of us feel that is the correct thing to do.
Had to be said
He's nearly 30, kind of fat, and seems to have already has his one really good season. I don't think he's that good at all. Other than free kicks he doesn't do too much else from what I have seen.
Bring him in a let them have Memphis.
I think you mean his free kicks.
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