Despite a white season at OM with Igor Tudor in 2022-2023, Dimitri Payet has little chance of leaving Marseille this summer.
Under contract with Olympique de Marseille until June 2024, Dimitri Payet is almost unsaleable for the Marseille club. And for good reason, the French international has never expressed the desire to leave OM despite his starving playing time under the orders of Igor Tudor last season. In the sights of clubs in Turkey or in the Middle East, the number 10 from Marseille has always been very clear with his management, he wants to end his career in Marseille, in a city where his family is fully integrated and he does not want to leave.
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For the new coach Marcelino, there is in any case no question of separating from Dimitri Payet for the moment. And for good reason, while the former West Ham player is regularly cited as a player that OM will not hesitate to sell if he expresses the wish to leave, the Spanish coach does not hear him at all from this ear. According to the information from the insider account @LePetitOM, the ex-trainer of Bilbao and Valencia wants to see Dimitri Payet for a fairly long period of the preseason.
Marcelino wants to see Payet during the preparation
Marcelino wants to form an opinion on the player and in particular wishes to assess his ability to play in the two attackers within his immutable 4-4-2. On the side of Dimitri Payet, there is not the slightest hesitation as to his future since the insider account reminds if necessary that the ex-Lillois has the firm intention of ending his career in Marseille, where his decreasing salary does not moreover makes him one of the highest paid players in the locker room. Far from it since Dimitri Payet’s salary will be 150,000 euros per month for the 2022-2023 season according to the media. At this reasonable price, OM could therefore keep Dimitri Payet and see if he can adapt to Marcelino’s requirements and level of equipment.
