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If he refuses to train and play, bonus, as then we don't even have to pay him (or rather, we can fine him his wages.)
If I were the owners, I'd get him and his agent in the office and make it clear that any club who has £80m cash up front can talk to him, otherwise, forget it.
At some point you have to decide what sort of club you are.
If the club cave in, then any other decent player with us, or who might come to us, can figure: it's all right, I'll sign the big, long deal, then do the offski as soon as it suits.
Play him with the kids (or not at all) and see how often he gets in the France squad.
Using this as a stick to beat the club with for any reason is absurd. When did a player become so much more important than our club that if we DON'T (and not even through lack of effort) spend millions on other players to appease him and he acts like a brat and refuses to play, it's the CLUB that deserves criticism?
We often hear that football has become something very ugly, with the wages, player behaviour, agents etc. When I see some of the things being thrown at the club because a player thinks he's too good to honour his fat contract, I have to ask if football supporting is any less ugly.
This is West Ham United and we are West Ham United supporters. This isn't Dimitri Payet United and we are not Dimitri Payet supporters.
The player is acting despicably and cowardly and the club deserve to be supported for all they've done for him, all they've tried to do and the dignity they're now acting with.
Dignity, Mr Payet. Dignity.
There is no way we will get the kind of money we could've during the hype.
Massive respect to Slav for telling it how it is, but I also get where Luke is coming from as well, the owners are in it up to their necks right now, there seems little positivity around the club, if they'd just sold him without getting this out now, the fans would of had a meltdown and saying "he wanted to leave" after a deal was done would never of been believed.
He doesn't want to play eh!
Let's just leave him in the stands.
He's not a real man .
I'd rather have Zidane.
We've got Dimitri Payet!!
Payet signed a long term contract on massive wages, so WHU are in an extremely strong position. Theres unlikely to be anyone know who can afford him except china or unless we do a trade with say, Lyon for Lacazette, but thats quite far fetched. Bilic has placed all the responsibility and pressure on Payet, which has probably caught him out as he was probably expecting it to be kept out of the public. If he wants to play football, then he can buck up his attitude and return, if not we dont need him and can fine him for refusing to play or lack of professionalism. Players are easily impressionable and its not necessarily beyond the realms of possibility that he will return a la Rooney. Payet will always have a high value on him, whether it be now or in the summer but now is not the time to do business.
I cant speak highly enough of Slaven Bilics press conference today; its showed how much he cares for the club and I would be devastated if he left us; he embodies everything WHU should stand for and what we need as club in the short and long term.
You can't blame them for someone else's stinking attitude though
Get rid and get rid quick
But have an agree.
and so it begins
The players know he's missing. I think it's the sticking plaster theory - better get it off in one painful rip than fiddle about.
Now the players know where the club and Dimi stand they can just get on with their game.
I'd hazard a guess it will actually make them tighter, and more determined, if anything.
He's a luxury player, simple
Get the 30-40m and buy Defoe
I think it sums things up well.
If he stays till summer, moral in the dressing room will be terrible.
He has let us down in the 1st half of the season, seems totally not intrested.
Let him go. Let him go
Not sure how he can possibly play for us again, he'll get pelters from the fans now.
Wondered why bilic brought droppped him then brought him on against city
The owners need to handle this right otherwise they risk having a very expensive moody player rotting in the stiffs.
Dimi's toys are out the pram
I just don't think he understands
We're bigger than one man
So do one, you can!
We are United West Ham
;yercoat
He says that he won't play
I just don't think he understands
It's not a cunning plan
To try to mug West Ham
That's why we're keeping his pay.
Need to close it off quickly and move on whilst there's still time in this window to do so.
We don't want a berahino situation to unfold, it will not be in the club's interests.
Today's statement by Slav is basically inviting him to hand in a transfer request and inviting interested parties to submit their bids.
I think that it is the exact opposite.
The Berahino affair doesn't seem to have impacted WBA badly at all.