Former Olympique Marseille defender Habib Beye says his old club is missing Dimitri Payet. Payet left Marseille for West Ham for £10.7m in the summer, where he was their star player.
“Players like Cabella and Sarr cannot be as decisive as Dimitri Payet was last season, but when you lose a player like Payet, you lose quality, so you cannot deny it,” said Beye.
The 28-year-old created more chances than any other player in Europe’s top five leagues last year.
The France international was lethal under Marcelo Bielsa, leading Ligue 1 for assists with 17, while no player in Europe’s top five league created more chances than Payet’s with 135.
Marseille sit in 14th place in the Ligue 1 after 8 games with 8 points, winning two games, drawing tow games and losing four. Meanwhile West Ham sit in third place in the Premier League with Payet scoring 3 goals and making 3 assists so far since the start of the season with the Hammers.
I know how they feel I am desperately missing Nolan and Hippo NOT
welcome to our lives I just hope you don’t have to wait 4 years
FUKC said I was over those feeling just runs so deep,
What team wouldnt miss Payet,imagine if we lost him even so early into his career with us.
Dont worry bubs,bit of therapy & the memories will soon go,lol
He would be a loss to any team,Marseille fans must miss watching him big time.But their loss is most definately our gain.Quality player.
It aint rocket science to realise he would be missed is it.Lets just hope he doesnt pick up a long term injury for us.We would srruggle without him for sure 😉