Dimitri Payet transfer: Triple H tells wantaway West Ham star to ‘buckle down’ at the London Stadium
Wrestling icon and Hammers fan said: 'If you wanna be the bad guy, come to WWE.'
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WWE legend Triple H has stepped into the Dimitri Payet row - and urged the West Ham star to stay in East London.
The wantaway midfielder has been hammered by fans after refusing to play in their next match against Crystal Palace and is reportedly willing to do anything to leave this month, with Marseille and Chelsea among a number of clubs interested.
But today an unexpected voice has tried to convince Payet to stay in East London.
Speaking in a live interview with , wrestling star Triple H said: "Look, Dimitri, if you wanna be the bad guy come and talk to me.
"WWE is the place to be the bad guy so if you want to do that, I can make you a bad guy.
"But if it was me I'd stick to what you're doing.
"Be a leader, buckle down and show these guys why you are who you are and the best way to do that is by taking the guys around you and rising them up and becoming the best they can be.
"Be the man that you are, be the leader that you are and take these kids and win, that's all you've got to do."
The pedigree hero revealed himself as a West Ham fan just over a year ago and opened up about why he had chosen the club.
He told : "West Ham is probably the closest to what we do, with the passion of their fanbase and their loyalty, right? That's the closest to what we do."
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And he posed with a West Ham shirt during that UK visit for the NXT UK Takeover.
Many Hammers fans are not willing to be as patient with Payet as Triple H is, with one ex-employee and blogger writing in an exclusive SunSport column that he should leave immediately.