This Friday, Olympique de Marseille officially announced the free departure of Dimitri Payet. The 36-year-old attacking midfielder is now without a contract.
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The 36-year-old French international has had a complicated year under Igor Tudor. Appeared only 27 times, the former Stéphanois was less decisive (4 goals, 3 assists) and especially experienced this situation badly. During his farewell press conference, Dimitri Payet, in tears, confided “coming out of a very difficult season”but want to continue “to play football”.
The Habs also wanted to stay at the club until the end of his lease, in 2024. But president Pablo Longoria did not think the same thing.
Longoria pushed Payet out
In today’s edition, The Team reveals that as early as 2021, the 37-year-old Spaniard noted the former West Ham player’s irregularity. But Jorge Sampaoli, then OM coach, is a fan of the playmaker, and constantly aligns him. Author of a great season (46 games, 16 goals, 13 assists), the attacking midfielder does not leave the club, but could have done so as soon as the Argentinian left, in the summer of 2022. The club management thinks Dimitri Payet at the head of the sling against the Croatian Igor Tudor, during the latter’s debut at the club, but in reality, the ex-Lillois is then more concerned about bonuses and his future recognition. release.
The Frenchman’s negative behavior in training before a decisive game against Lille, at the end of the season, last season, tensed the direction, just as much as the recent interview granted to France Footballwhere Dimitri Payet says he wants to leave OM “through the front door” at the end of his contract. Pablo Longoria, he wants the Habs to leave OM this summer, so as not to relive a season where the press constantly wonders about the presence or not of number 10 in the eleven, and parasitizes the environment of the club, like last season.
Marcelino was not against integrating the attacking midfielder into the workforce, but the president then took the decision to force the player’s departure, and managed to convince him to terminate his lease. In the end, Dimitri Payet will have a jubilee at the Stade Vélodrome, and a place in the club’s organization chart at the end of his sports career.
From now on, it remains to be seen where the Habs will play.
2023-07-22 08:23:17
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