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Leroy: Payet’s here for long term – he’s priceless

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LeroyLeroy Rosenior has told the West Ham board to make sure they “stick another £20 million minimum on whatever offers they might receive ” for Dimtri Payet.

The former Irons striker doesn’t believe the maestro will leave the club anyway but said: “I’m sure there will be interest – blimey, the bloke is a genius after all!”

payet_signing_726ClaretandHugh’s chief analyst said: “I’m loathe to put a value on him because he’s priceless to us and I do believe here’s here for a good long time. He’s on a water tight contract and a very good one at that.

“There is absolutely no reason for him to leave for one of the so called big clubs because West Ham have shown that they are more than capable of becoming one of them over the next 18 months.

“Dimitri is already loved by the fans and the number one name on the team sheet. I think you will find that although he’s rising 29 he will be around for a long time because he’s total professional and keeps himself in top order.

“However, should a club come in and offer say £40 million I reckon the board should ask for £60 million. I see nothing other than Payet remaining here and being our inspiration as we enter Europe – which we will – and I can see no way in the world the board will sell him.

“Without question he is already on the way to being remembered as one of our greatest players. I see no way he will want to leave as the best is just before us. West Ham is about to explode and he will be right at the centre of it.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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3 comments

  • markrp1 says:

    I hope your right Leroy he is the best we have had for many a year 🙂

  • bubs says:

    There are only a few out there withPayets ability and you can’t buy most of them for £60 mil
    They won’t leave Real,Barca!City ect for us yet we need Payet for at least 5 years plus Lanzini hope Samulsun and others come through because then in 5 years we will be attractive to the great players and we can grow,
    So tie these great players down add to them over the next 3 years play the Westham Way
    And the rest will look after its self
    Make sure Slav is tied down to a min of 5 years as well

  • West Ham Fan No 32 says:

    I think they should just say no even if the offer was £60 – 75 million, if you want to prove you are no longer a selling club, keep your best players, having him in the team should attract a better quality of player also, its top quality we want to progress and they like to be confident of a team that is continually improving, selling your best players like Tottenham have done with Bale sends out the wrong message, even with a massive amount of money players like Payet are irreplacable except with similarly astronomic fees.

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