West Ham reject third Dimitri Payet bid: Marseille told to pay up or miss out

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Dimitri Payet is desperate to leave West Ham this month

Payet is desperate to leave the London Stadium and has told Slaven Bilic he will not play for the club again.

The 29-year-old has been training with the Under-23s and left out of the squad for the Hammers’ last two games.

But Marseille are still to come up with the cash.

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Marseille have had a third bid rejected for Dimitri Payet

They have now had a third bid rejected – thought to be around £23million – having opened the bidding at just under £20m.

And West Ham chiefs are growing frustrated with the French club, who they blame for unsettling the midfielder.

Payet is keen to seal a move back to Marseille and his girlfriend and three children have already moved back to France and begun looking for schools.

Dimitri Payet pictured training with West Ham under-23s
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Dimitri Payet has been pictured training with West Ham under-23s

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Dimitri Payet has been pictured training with West Ham under-23s

But West Ham are standing strong on their valuation of around £30m and will not sell for a cut-price deal despite the saga becoming public.

Bilic opened up on Payet’s transfer request in a pre match conference two weeks ago and sent him away from the squad.

West Ham have gone on to win two games in a row and have moved up to tenth in the Premier League.

They have this weekend off due to be knocked out of the FA Cup so don’t play again until after the transfer window is closed when they meet Manchester City on February 1.

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