Dimitri Payet

[Special Juan 27,439]

If we are in for him the bargaining chip will be Batshuayi

[akgw13 867]

Anything under 25M and send Bats or RLC for a loan and id do the deal. His age is an issue but a front 3 of hazard,Diego, and Payet interchanging would be so deadly. Yes he is older than a normal target but for the next 2-3 years he will be a top player. That is good enough for me. 

[BoyBlue96 990]

9 minutes ago, akgw13 said:

Anything under 25M and send Bats or RLC for a loan and id do the deal. His age is an issue but a front 3 of hazard,Diego, and Payet interchanging would be so deadly. Yes he is older than a normal target but for the next 2-3 years he will be a top player. That is good enough for me. 

Modric is 31, Zlatan 35...age says nothing.

[Fernando 6,484]

24 minutes ago, akgw13 said:

Anything under 25M and send Bats or RLC for a loan and id do the deal. His age is an issue but a front 3 of hazard,Diego, and Payet interchanging would be so deadly. Yes he is older than a normal target but for the next 2-3 years he will be a top player. That is good enough for me. 

3 years is a lot in today's modern world. If we can get 3 years then that's good enough for me. 

[Unionjack 7,531]

3 minutes ago, Fernando said:

3 years is a lot in today's modern world. If we can get 3 years then that's good enough for me. 

Age all depends on the player himself. Some players lose that extra couple of yards which can be a big thing specially in defence IMHO.

But yeah, if we can get 3 years from any player then sell them to China for a profit then sod it.

But I'd rather spend more for one we could hopefully use longer and better.

Im not sure if hes a better option to Pedro but I'll leave that to sommeone who watches him more to say. he did good last season

[oxfordblues 299]

i hear he even has a loyalty clause in his contract.alot of good that seems to have done.

 

[Unionjack 7,531]

On 13/01/2017 at 3:51 PM, oxfordblues said:

i hear he even has a loyalty clause in his contract.alot of good that seems to have done.

 

Hes determined to get outta there isn't he!

 

Spotted: West Ham want-away Dimitri Payet pictured training with under-23s

WEST HAM want-away Dimitri Payet has been pictured training with the under-23s as his future at the Olympic Stadium remains uncertain.

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/755808/Dimitri-Payet-West-Ham-training-under-23s-sportgalleries

[jernej93 565]

Maybe Payet is not such a bad (short term) idea with Boga, Musonda, Baker and Traore knocking on first team door  

[BlueLyon 9,359]

I like him as a player, but recent events show he is kind off dick character. 

The question is will he do Anelka and realize and take his last big chance with full effort or he will go Ben Arfa style and waste chance after chance. 

If its the later, we dont need such player in squad.

[Unionjack 7,531]

21 hours ago, jernej93 said:

Maybe Payet is not such a bad (short term) idea with Boga, Musonda, Baker and Traore knocking on first team door  

They would have to bang bloody hard before I let them in.

We definitely need to look higher up the player scale if we are serious about making an impression in Europe.

We already have Aina,RLC,Chalobah that are collecting dust. We should be looking at upgrading the starting 11 if possible and to use current ones for backups

IMHO

[the wes 7,212]

I'm guessing Payet homesick that why he wants back to France 

[jernej93 565]

4 hours ago, Unionjack said:

They would have to bang bloody hard before I let them in.

We definitely need to look higher up the player scale if we are serious about making an impression in Europe.

We already have Aina,RLC,Chalobah that are collecting dust. We should be looking at upgrading the starting 11 if possible and to use current ones for backups

IMHO

I agree with you in a certain way  

But attacking midfielder (right winger / inside forward) is currently not our main problem  I think we could make a much bigger impact with quality wingbacks, ball playing defender and box to box midfielder ... I would rather spend big on this 3 or 4 players first (unless some wordclass attacking players is available; like Sanchez)  What is the point of academy and buying talented players if we don't give them a chance? Playing time out there is important for them but they would have much, much better coaching staff here. Who knows if Dele Alli would turn out that good if he would be loaned out for more than few months? 

But I understand that not every talent turns out to be high quality or world class player (McEachran, Kakuta vs De Bruyne, Lukaku, Matić).

All those youngsters have much higher ceiling than most of the players we have been linked with IMHO  

In the end I will support everything that Conte approves