Payet fines bill could run to millions

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Dmitri  Payet could be hit with a fine of £250k every fortnight should he choose to stage a strike which would see him failing to attend training sessions.

A source at the Professional Footballers Association told ClaretandHugh that a two week fine is applicable to every offence committed and that were Payet to fail in his contracted duties to the club on a regular basis  he could be hit over and over again.

With 18 weeks of the season left it’s conceivable, therefore, that the Frenchman could be fined nine times which would cost him just over £2 million.

His representatives, however, might argue that the one offence of going on strike is an end to the matter and worthy only of one punishment – a view the PFA is unlikely to share.

Meanwhile, it is being rumoured that the player is also very keen to return to France in Marsellies in particular for personal and family reasons.