Tied for another season with Olympique de Marseille, and even if he was banned by Igor Tudor, Dimitri Payet has no intention of leaving. At 36, the OM attacking midfielder even has an obsession, to finally win a title.
By finishing third in Ligue 1, Marseille had a good season, but far from the hopes raised in the first weeks of 2023 when the Marseille team eliminated PSG in the Coupe de France and even dreamed of the national title. The rest was much more complicated, especially for two players, Mattéo Guendouzi and Dimitri Payet, pushed to the bench by Igor Tudor. But the latter having thrown in the towel, the Reunionese midfielder wants to believe that Pablo Longoria will keep Jacques-Henri Eyraud’s commitments and that he will be fine ” Marseille for life “. The Spanish president of OM is not the affectionate type and if he has decided to part with Dimitri Payet, he will do so. But in France-Football, the latter clearly suggests that as long as he has not won a title, he will not leave. Mocked for a long time for his completely blank track record, Payet has every intention of trying his luck one last time in order to silence the haters.
Payet wants a trophy with OM
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In a long interview with the football magazine, Dimitri Payet leaves no doubt about his intentions. The message sent to Pablo Longoria is very clear, he will not leave Olympique de Marseille during this 2023 transfer window, which is now open.“ If I want to stop my career? No. (Closes.) I’ve always said I’ll stop when the body doesn’t follow. I just took a sabbatical year, I’m in great shape! I will not be loaned, I will be there for those who may have doubted it. And for a long time, I hope. Become a burden for OM? For what reasons ? Staying in a club you love, we respected that a few years ago. And that’s what we don’t want today? Is that what I’m being blamed for? I can’t conceive it (…) I want to leave through the front door and, even at 36, I still have goals that keep me awake. I tell myself that I can’t stop until I win something with this club. So you can wait until 45 again…Well, I’ll play until 45. (Laughs.) I can’t leave like this. I have to leave something “Explains the OM midfielder. A promise that Pablo Longoria would have liked to see fulfilled this season, the Marseille president not having digested the elimination in the Coupe de France against Annecy at all. It is now necessary to know if Payet will have a last chance.
