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Payet wants out and West Ham fans just don’t understand
Midfielder has refused to play for the club, says manager Bilic

West Ham’s talisman Dimitri Payet turned his back on the club yesterday by demanding a move away from the London Stadium.

Manager Slaven Bilic told the media that the France international is refusing to play in tomorrow’s home game against Crystal Palace in a bid to move to a bigger club.

Payet arrived for £10 million from French club Marseille in 2015 and made an instant impact, guiding the Hammers to a seventh-place finish and narrowly missing out on the Champions League.

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