Payet : No deal is better than a bad deal

West Ham are fully prepared to allow Dimitri Payet to serve out his remaining years of his contract in the West Ham Academy at Chadwell Health if needs be to prove a point to the football world. They are keen to prove that West Ham are no longer a selling club and this is not about the money but statement of intent for the future for the Hammers.

They know Payet probably has just one big move left in his short footballing career and he has got just as much to lose as the club does. The club believes it is completely unreasonable for a player to dictate the country and club he is sold to, the transfer price as well the timing of the sale while refusing to play for the first team.

They are prepared to call Payet’s and Marseille’s bluff and will refuse to budge on their asking price and terms of payment as they play a game of chicken right up to the transfer deadline on 31st January. To quote Teressa May from yesterday ‘No deal is better than a bad deal’