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Must feel massively let down.
Take the 30m or not
;hmm that's if the stories true of course ;lol
It seems pretty likely they are the ones who have engineered this (in collaboration with Payet and his agent) so I'd either flatly refuse to do business with them or insist on £80m for him.
As grey says I bet there's been some collaboration between Payet (his advisers) and Marseille.
Marseilles know they are in the driving seat. Man U can come in with £50m but if he only wants to go to Marseilles...
But, man management is a massive part of today's game and the list of fall outs is growing rapidly.
Personally I wouldn't want him rotting in the reserves on 80K basic a week (he only gets 125K when all the bonuses come in).....
Just get 35-40m and spend it wisely ( this time )
That's pretty big to throw that out there
Yeah, but I'm with the club - don't let him go unless the money is so mad it would be perverse not to.
As I said earlier, this isn't, for me, about just Payet and his tantrum. It is about how the club is run, and how it is prepared to let itself be treated (or not.)
Berahino would probably have been considered one of WBA's most valuable and important players prior to his strop, but they simply refused to be bullied by him and his agent. It doesn't seem to have done them too much harm, while it has stalled his career for the last two years.
To be fair for 10m we got out a lot of him compared to most of ours buys...
£30m is the minimum offer and if that comes in take it.
Don't go to bed...
A French Journo on the radio said earlier Payet is the most stubborn player he has come across and has previous for doing this. He is a PSG fan so there is one destination or he could go back to Marseilles now they have a millionaire backer. Are there any decent players there that we could have in part ex plus money?
I feel for the club and Slaven, both have invested so much in him and to apply himself how he has done is totally unacceptable on any level . I have my issues with the WHUFC hierarchy, but they stumped up the money to bring him to the club and give him a bumper new contract to make him the highest paid player in our history; whilst Slaven totally commits himself to his players and is like a father figure, so for him its going to be hurting and you could see that today. ;hug ;hug
Good Bilic article from start of last season (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3116857/Slaven-Bilic-s-strength-man-management-new-West-Ham-boss-treats-players-friends-retains-respect-Luka-Modric-testify-that.html)
Had he not got back into the French squad, which we were all thrilled about, I don't think his head would have been turned.
It's not as if he was the best player at the Euros, in fact he wasn't the best player in the French team.
If he wants Payet so much he's got the dosh to go a little higher.
http://talksport.com/football/dimitri-payet-latest-west-ham-fans-are-worst-country-when-they-turn-against-you-warns-john
If he doesn't want to play, I don't want him in/around the club screwing us for 80K a week.
letting him go for 40m isn't bad business, someone else can have the problem
My biggest fear is actually how the club deal with this, lets face it recent history of anything major at the club doesn't exactly fill me with confidence.
#OfferedTwoPintsAndAPacketOfCrispsForSnodgrass
Not sure why you are so intent on giving Payet so many excuses and the club so much stick.
Our squad improved overall on last year (at least in theory, which is all that counts if youre judging them on 'ambition'), and last year he found himself able to perform to a high standard.
This isn't about his 'ambition', and how we've let him down, imo, this is about him getting all Billy Big Boots, and being told by his agent (and I suspect Marseilles) 'You're too good for this, get out sharp.'
I think the club are 100% solid on this, and have not done anything to deserve such behaviour.
In sympathy with Payet he didn't say any of this after the Euro's when he was making headlines and I feel he gave us a chance to become the team he sees himself playing for. If being a little harsh due to our business in the summer and performance so far he could not be blamed for thinking we are a little micky mouse for him when he sees Tore and Nordvelt walk into the dressing room. At 29 and his star shining as bright as it has done in his career I can understand him wanting to win trophies before he retires.
However I can't abide professional footballers who try and force a move through petulance. He has signed a contract and happily accepts his pay check which we would pay him whether he is playing well or not or injured or not. I can understand him expressing a will to leave to the manager, even putting in a transfer request but it should always come with an assurance that whilst I remain wearing the shirt I will give everything I have, it appears he is not acting professionally and so I would be in favour of saying 'we will keep you until 2020 if needed and unless someone meets OUR valuation of 35 - 40m you will go no where'.
Sadly we will miss him massively as he is a player who can produce something from nothing and we have not found too many of them lately.