West Ham transfer news: Dimitri Payet agrees Marseille contract with annual salary of £6m on four-and-a-half year deal
Frenchman's move back to former club set to accelerate after personal terms were struck but transfer fee is yet to be decided
DIMITRI PAYET’S West Ham exit is growing nearer after the exile reportedly agreed personal terms with Marseille.
Payet has been banished to train with the east London club’s kids after pushing for a return to France at the start of January and is also receiving 24-hour security after his house and cars were targeted by vandals.
The midfielder is refusing to play for Slaven Bilic in order to force through the move, and has become a pariah at Chadwell Heath following his exclusion from his teammates’ WhatsApp group chat.
Marseille have already seen THREE bids rejected by Hammers chiefs, with the last one weighing in at around £22.5million.
West Ham are determined to get £30m for Payet after making him their highest-paid player on £120,000-a-week, but Marseille will not go above £25m.
However, it seems the biggest transfer saga of the month could be set to end after Payet hammered out contract details with his suitors.
claims the 29-year-old has agreed a four-and-a-half year deal to return to the glamour south coast of France.
And Payet will continue to be handsomely paid after shaking hands on an annual salary of £6m.
The agreement is expected to accelerate talks between West Ham and Marseille, with the Premier League side secretly conceding that Payet cannot and will not pull on the claret-and-blue jersey again.