Dimitri Payet set to fly to Marseille this weekend - and doesn't want to return to EnglandDimitri Payet plans to fly to Marseille this weekend – and does not want to come back to England.
Payet is desperate to force a return to his former club and told West Ham he faces a family crisis.
His wife Ludivine is determined to raise their three children in France and the £125,000-a-week midfielder told pals he is travelling home and is not sure when he will return, as the saga threatens to turn really nasty.
West Ham believe suggestions Marseille have abandoned attempts to sign the France international this month is a bluff and are considering reporting them to FIFA, alleging the player was tapped-up.They insist they will not sell in January but Payet is becoming increasingly desperate to move.
He told the Hammers Marseille is the only club he wants to join, which means there is no bidding war to drive up his price and has been frozen out of the first team because of the dispute.
Marseille have had two bids turned down, the second £20million up front with £3m in add-ons.
Payet, who signed a new contract last year, claimed he will have to take a £25,000-a-week pay cut to rejoin Marseille. But the Ligue 1 club has been taken over by US billionaire Frank McCourt and West Ham believe a lucrative deal is on the table.
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