West Ham are this morning reported to be considering a possible loan deal which would see Dimitri Payet join French outfit Nice .
Nice lead Ligue 1 and are believed ready to make an offer after the Irons again turned down Marseille’s on the ‘cheap attempts’ to get the playmaker.
The deal would see West Ham, offload his £125,000-a-week wages. and carry other encouraging possibilities. It gives him his return to France, and should Nice win a Champions League place, the Irons could land a big bonus on such a clause in the deal.
And were Nice to attempt making the deal permanent in the summer it would take the ball out of Marseilles court or at the very least set up a bidding war which would push the price upwards.
Nice were taken over by Chinese and American investors last summer and still have significant funds after bankrolling moves for the likes of Mario Balotelli to the club.
I was just thinking that Nice could never pay his big wages, but if they have new investors, then this could be just what we want.
would sooner sell him than risk the ponce getting injured out on loan & ending up with a player we couldn’t give away.
£35m or let him rot.
For me this looks like the perfect solution where (almost) everyone wins: Payet can start playing again and also return to the French national side, doing what he does best, creating chances and scoring freekicks.
Nice is close enough to Marseille for him to sort out his family issues which should positively impact his performances.
Meanwhile West Ham don’t have to pay his wages.
Then in the summer we will try again to sell him.
Hopefully more clubs will be interested in him at this point, making it more likely we can sell for the right price.
While Payet and his agent will hopefully have learned their lesson that West Ham will not be held to ransom. I like the loan to Nice idea…
Just seen that PSG are back in now so he would choose them above all others. They would be more likely to pay up
Sell to the highest bidder should be our only mantra. F payet wishes and his made up family issues.
Clearly Sullivan does read this site as I suggested this very idea 4/5 days ago. We are under pressure at the moment as it seems only French clubs are bidding but let him go on loan until the end of the season and his wife will have kicked his cheating arse out by May and then he will be delighted to go to China to pay the massive alimony. Win win.
Sounds like a plan, I am thinking along the same lines. Who knows how his personal situation evolve. Maybe his wife will drag him through the courts, trying to fleece him for the last Eurocent.
Maybe China will be quite appealing for him in the summer.
Good ; don’t care what it takes , just get shot of him .