Christophe Dugarry has put the boot into Dimitri Payet as his career has faded following the West Ham exit.

The former French international believes his decline can be tracked right back to his decision to leave the Irons for personal reasons.

Payet’s ctions may have damaged the Hammers and spread wicked ill will throughout the fan base but Dugarry believes he player himself became the ultimate victim of his own actions.

After a stellar first season for the club the man dubbed ‘Le Snake’ by many Irons fans battled to get away and with only one buyer in the market – a decision he made – there was no chance whatsoever of the club getting the realistic £40 million he was worth.

Payet refused to go anywhere but Marseilles where rumour had it he had personal issues to settle but whatever they were – and we’ve all heard the whispers – Dugarry believes it was a wrong move.

He told French radio station RMC: “It was a bad decision from Payet.

“It was not a sporting choice to come back to Marseille, it was also not a financial choice either as he would have earned a lot more elsewhere. He perhaps earned more at West Ham.

“It was a decision made for his family and I can respect that, no problem.

“But when you are a top athlete and the moment you don’t make a sporting decision, you will start to decline.

“It is quite logical, I am sorry.”

Manuel Pellegrini has revealed that neither Manu Lanzini or Samir Nasri will be available for the clash with Leicester City at the weekend.

ClaretandHugh had explained earlier in the week that neither would be playing a part this week but the manager has also added Chicharito to the list of absentees.

Speaking at his pre-match presser he said: “For this week I think that Manuel Lanzini and Samir Nasri will not be available. Also, Javier Hernandez has a problem with his ear so he couldn’t work during these last days.

“The other players, Jack Wilshere is okay, he worked without problem, and the other long injuries, Carlos Sanchez also worked with the squad, so we continue with long injuries of Winston Reid, Yarmolenko and Andy Carroll.

“Marko worked normally the whole week.”

Pellegrini believes  Wilshere could make a return to first team action soon and says the team could do with his presence in the middle of the park.

He declared: “We’ll see tomorrow how he feels. He’s played already one game for the U23s. We’ll talk with him but it’ll be soon. This week or next week. He’ll play some games before the end of the season.

“I think he’s a midfielder that we need because in that position we have so many times all of those injuries. The return for Jack to the team will be a good injection for the team.”

West Ham’s lunchtime game against Spurs in their Stadium on 27th April will not be affected by their progression in the Champions League.

Spurs will play Ajax on the 30th April in the Champions League first leg of the semi-finals so hopefully, they could field a weakened team as they focus on a possible Champions League final.

West Ham has an allocation of 3,000 for their Premier League visit away to Spurs three days earlier and ticket went on sale on Monday for season ticket holders with 40 or more priority points.

Bond Holders had the first priority and will probably take up to 300 for this game, next comes around 100 tickets for players and staff followed by 700 Away Season ticket holders

Club London members are likely to receive another 125 tickets meaning that around half or 1,475 tickets will remain. Around 1,175 tickets will be sold to season ticket holders with priority points and 300 will be saved for season ticket holders in the 10% ballot. The fixture is expected to sell out quickly.

West Ham are likely to let Chicharito leave the club in the summer!

The manager of course will make the final decision but the Mexican has demonstrated regularly that he is unable to play in the one up system generally employed by Manuel Pellegrini

And we understand that he is unhappy at being unable to play regular first team football in a team that has been under performing and would be glad to get away in the summer.

That shows that nothing has changed since the winter when he came close to joining Valencia – a move which finally failed because the Spanish club wanted a loan deal before agreeing to a permanent buy at the end of the season.

The 30 year old has just one more year left on his contract and the club are more than likely to  sell now rather than allow him to leave on a free transfer at the end of this season.

They will be looking for a fee of around £10 million and some reports are already talking of a possible move to Newcastle.

New reports have emerged this morning that Spurs are perhaps getting more serious in a supposed pursuit of Maxi Gomez.

According to Diario AS, the north London outfit have put aside £25 million to sign him.

The reason for their interest apparently is that they need to replace Fernando Llorente whom the outlet claims will depart this summer although in reality that is far from a given despite him now being 34.

And even were it to be true, Gomez will be bearing in mind that he has the choice of West Ham where he would become a regular first teamer or replace a front man who has made just two 90 minute appearances all season.

Spurs have no problems up front anyway but plenty in midfield where they are often fielding makeshift formations. Up front Kane, Son, Lucas and Llorente himself represents a strong hand with no immediate pressure on the manager for a new striker.

The report implies anyway that Gomez would need to be part of a relegated Vigo team to join Spurs given they have apparently only covered the cost of his price should that happen.

The Turkish media are again flogging the dead Gary Medel horse so just a warning to take no notice when you come across the reports.

As mentioned previously we have yet to see the Turkish Press get anything more than half a per cent correct when linking their local players to the Hammers.

Medel was – according to Manuel Pellegrini – the only player under consideration in the winter and that was only because we believed he was on a free transfer.

Once that turned out not to be the case the club didn’t bother following through even though the transfer fee was believed to be a mere £5 million.

He in fact has a contract with Besiktas until next June and the price is not going to change so a report in the meantime.

The Turkish media via Fotomac are claiming the Chile international is reportedly keen to play under Manuel Pellegrini.

It’s not going to happen!

Over 2,635 responses have been received so far for the West Ham kit design survey commissioned by the West Ham United Official Supporters’ Board (WHUOSB)

An additional 739 comments have also been made giving the WHU-OSB sub-group valuable feedback to discuss with the club and kit manufacturer when they meet next Tuesday at the London Stadium.

The design for next season’s West Ham kit was agreed some time ago so these discussions are around the kits that will be used for the 2020/2021 season.

There is still time for supporters to fill in the survey which takes less than a minute to complete and these responses will be shared with the club and kit partners during the meeting.

The WHU-OSB will also publish the results of the survey in full when complete

You can complete the quick survey at https://seanyw.survey.fm/osb-kit-design

You can find out more about the WHU-OSB including contact details on the club website at https://www.whufc.com/fans/osb/profiles