Dimi Payet; the Epilogue

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  • IronHerbIronHerb
    It's on the West Ham twitter site
  • IronHerbIronHerb
    And the OS. I'm a little excited COYI
  • OldCastleSwiftOldCastleSwift
    I just don't think I understand ;hmm
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    We had him until age 32-33 what have we got him until now? Or may be we have put in a buy out clause in case at age 30 someone wants to pay us 70m for him.

    Hoping we haven't made a massive over reaction to some good recent form.
  • EXETERHAMMEREXETERHAMMER
    I dont think it is an over reaction. Without Payet this season I would guess that we could be a few positions lower in the league. We bought him for a very good price and he is our best current player and in my eyes the best player we have had since Di Canio.

    I am delighted.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    edited February 2016
    From DS on the OS
    Today’s news means Mark Noble, Winston Reid, Diafra Sakho, Aaron Cresswell, James Tomkins, Adrian, James Collins and now Dimi have all signed new long-term contracts in the past year – all confirmation that we want to keep our best players here for as long as possible.

    In line with our policy, a few other key players might be similarly rewarded in the next six months, so keep an eye on whufc.com and our social media channels for the big announcements!
    And from Dimi:
    "For me it's a big step, an enormous show of faith, particularly from the Chairman [David] Sullivan and from the manager," said the popular No27. "I thank them for that, and I am proud and I'm happy to prolong the adventure with West Ham.
    Showing him the love.
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    Hopefully now he'll get back to form.........

    Only kidding, you can see he's trying but you can also see he's struggling being the centre of our creativeness and can imagine he'll be the happiest man to see Lanzini alongside him
  • pardewalegendpardewalegend
    Superb news
    Wow this club seems to have changed overnight!!
  • horshamhammerhorshamhammer
    Payet's Agent did well. Got his client a huge pay rise after only playing a handful of games.
  • claretandblueskyclaretandbluesky
    His agent did very well. I really hope he is performing at the level he has this season for the best part of that contract but my instinct tells me he will get worked out pretty soon or be regularly taken out by the opposition and we may have reacted with a sense of urgency that was not actually needed 8 months into a five year contract. I believe Sakho's agent did the same last season and that hasn't exactly paid off to date.

    It's hard to be too critical or congratulatory without knowing the details of course and I recognise that.
  • LukerzLukerz
    We probably reacted urgently because of this bid from China. It meant his agent came to the table and said 'look, he wants to stay, he loves the fans and the club and has no intention of leaving, but, this club are offering mega bucks and so maybe it's worth proposal a new deal with some financial alterations, as I can tell you he would happily sign it'.

    The Dave's agreed and were probably thinking along the same lines anyway. I have no issue with the new contract. He is the best player I have seen since supporting the club by a mile and so I don't feel it is too soon or too quick.
  • SwissironSwissiron
    If we become top 4 side with OS and regular 50k crowds this type of problem will start to ease (although it won't go away as we will simply be in the same checkout aisle as the big boys of Europe)
  • WHU_Champo_league_in_7_yearsWHU_Champo_league_in_7_years
    The fact his he's our best player clearly and if we want to compete long term we are gonna have to keep our best players so if hes our top earner it's hard to argue

    Top player should mean top earner in reality
  • krapnotpukrapnotpu
    I honestly believe that Payet is a fantastic player, but I'm not sure he is our best player. I think that Adrian is an equally fantastic player, and has been a brilliant buy for the club.
    Just my opinion. ;ok
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    This is good news.

    Shows positive intention by the club.

    ;scarf
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    Perhaps they learnt from Rob Green. He certainly is one of our best players and if he feels that isn'tvalued then his love for the club will start to wane.
    On the other hand, if he sees out his contract in the quality we have come to expect then that will certainly be happy times for us fans. And just to imagine how much the youngsters can lern from him. Get Samuelson to train with Payet and Lanzini for a month and who knows.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Munich

    I don't agree with the Rob Green comparison, he wanted out and nothing the club did would make him change his mind.
  • Pearces_Left_FootPearces_Left_Foot
    Payet is a player that fans want to see play , will help us sell tickets next year so will probably pay for the extra wages in ticket sales shirts etc . Real Madrid do it all the time buy players to sell merchandise
  • LukerzLukerz
    With Bilic publicly stating every week Payet's our best player, it wouldn't be unreasonable for his advisor's to think ;hmm best player = best wage.
  • MunichHammerMunichHammer
    Suz, if I remember correctly, though, this 'I want out' period was preceeded by Green giving his all (I reckon we would have gone down sooner without him) without his importance to the club being valued as he'd have liked. He watched as our previous owners splashed dosh like confetty and players like Dyer were earning fortunes. At some point I agree that enough is enough.
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    Munich

    I agree on the Green 'giving his all' assessment but the club offered him a new contract, he said no so they offered him an improved deal. He said no again.

    They were trying to persuade him to stay right up until he walked out of the door.

    Green is on record as saying the time for him to move on had come and there was nothing WH could have done to make him stay. It was obvious I thought that he was saying goodbye at the Play-Off final.
  • LukerzLukerz
    ;ok

    Green was not a 'take that' departure.

    It was more he'd been here five/six years, like he was at Norwich, and wanted a change of scenery.

    Even if QPR hadn't come in, I still feel he'd left for another club.
  • jay_in_cptjay_in_cpt
    I'm happy with rewarding our best player with an improved deal.
    IMO everyone should be well pleased ..
    ;ok
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    edited February 2016
    http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/February/12-February/The-love-affair-continues-(1)

    I was thinking that 'the love affair continues' was a bit OTT, but now I see it is Dimi's own words. So that's OK then.

    Love the crossed hammers at the end.


    ;biggrin
  • LukerzLukerz
    edited February 2016
    I do find it odd in modern football that players agree to a contract, do what they're paid for then get a new contract to say well done within a year.

    But I think with our policy we seem to get players from abroad on low wages. I remember Sakho was rumoured to be on only £15,000 a week, so got a wage rise when he was banging in goals. Same with Kouyate. He's rumoured to be on around £15,000 a week too so we are now in talks with him over a new deal. Our highest paid players seem to be those from English leagues.

    Payet was probably on more than that, but was probably not on mega money. So his ability which he's shown probably makes him worthy of top four wages.

    But, what happened to FFP? ;hmm ;wink
  • MrsGreyMrsGrey
    He's getting Jelly's, so no overall increase ;ok





    #probably
  • SuzanneClaretSuzanneClaret
    MrsGrey said:

    http://www.whufc.com/News/Articles/2016/February/12-February/The-love-affair-continues-(1)

    I was thinking that 'the love affair continues' was a bit OTT, but now I see it is Dimi's own words. So that's OK then.

    Love the crossed hammers at the end.


    ;biggrin

    ;lol 'Ginger' [with reference to James Collins] in English rather than the French for 'ginger' which is roux.

    ;carew
  • horshamhammerhorshamhammer
    90 grand a week when he's 34. Football really has become a joke in many ways.
  • VorselaarhammerVorselaarhammer
    Not sure we should start throwing more money around after the guy has play what 13 games or so, I assume we stuck a buy out clause in the new contract.

    38m if true would have been tempting for me from a business perspective, it shows the David's are using their hearts to a degree and are not just in it as buisness.

    I think a positive is it shows everyone else that you can stay with us no need to run off in the summer when the "big" teams start sniffing round.
  • grey_til_I_dyegrey_til_I_dye
    horsham

    But we don't know it is £90k a week, do we?
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