This man has a problem with Payet
However, getting the message through to his national team coach Didier Deschamps appears to be something of a problem.
Dimi has now scored nine goals and set up eight others for the Irons this season but Deschamps has yet to be convinced.
The former Chelsea midfielder said: “I’ve already called and I have already spoken to him about it. I said that I expected more from him than he (produced) when he was with us.
“It was not enough. In the France team, he does not do the same thing (as he does) in his club.
“He is someone who is powerful in the club. He often plays on the left in a 4-3-3. He has some very interesting statistics on the left.
“But after that there is a competition issue. In this position on the left, the competition is from Anthony Martial, Antoine Griezmann, Mathieu Valbuena, Hatem Ben Arfa or Nabil Fekir before he got injured.”
Payet has described his continual exclusion from the French squad as an “injustice” but Deschamps insisted Payet has only been left out for football reasons.
He said: “Problems of attitude for Payet? No these are false problems.
As if I could not manage players… It is a choice about football based on the other competition.”