Rio lets loose on Payet
The former Hammers defender said: “I had problems at football clubs at various different times. At Man United I had problems with the club at various times with certain people, but it never entered my mind not to play. You owe it to the club and the fans.
“Especially where he came from [relative obscurity after three clubs in the previous four years] before he got to this club.
“They gave him the platform to play at the Euros, they gave him a platform for a new contract and to become a player that is known in the football world and you have to respect that.
“A lot of them would give their right arm to play for West Ham and would not understand how a player could say he would not play. They would do it without thinking.
“Who is advising him? He is a grown man and should understand it himself, but sometimes you are in a bubble and need good advisers and I question that.”