It’s just a goodbye for Dimitri Payet. At the time of formalizing his departure from OM, the attacking midfielder announced that we would see him again very soon in Marseille.
The announcement was sudden, even brutal, when the president of OM, Pablo Longoria, gathered the press on Friday to formalize the departure of Dimitri Payet, with immediate effect. The Marseille captain had been aware for several days already, the two men having discussed this scenario “well before the resumption of training” according to him, he couldn’t hold back his tears when it came time to say goodbye. Goodbye and not goodbye.
Because if we will not see the attacking midfielder again in the sky and white jersey as a player, his future will go back to the Vélodrome. “We discussed it.explained the former French international (36), who wants “continue to play football and find pleasure on the pitch” but did not specify what he will do this season. It was a point that was important for me, but also for the club. So it will be a parenthesis of one year, two years, three years. »
“It is the body that will decideadded the native of Reunion Island. But we made progress on post-career and on joining the club at the end of my playing career. My end of career will be marked by my return here and to record that, we discussed with the president of a jubilee which will be done here, at the Vélodrome, with the people who mattered to me. » In nine years spent in Marseille (2013-2015 then 2017-2023), there have been many.
