Dimitri Payet, playmaker and best player for Olympique de Marseille, repeated on Tuesday that he was “ Marseille for Life », promising to « play here until (his) last strength “, in a post on Instagram sweeping away the rumors of departure.
« I am from Marseille For Life. I will play here until my last strength, I will finish my career in this club because I love this club and I feel at home here. And what I live here, I will not find it anywhere else “, Wrote the 35-year-old player, in contract until 2024 with OM, who came second in Ligue1 this season.
« I tell myself that I made the best choice of my career by signing for life in this club, in my club”, he added, addressing “one last time” to “those who have not well understood or for those who still doubt it ».
Two years ago, number 10 was already saying “ Marseille for life » and had agreed to significantly lower his salary to extend until 2024 in a club with fragile finances and prepare for its retraining there. He will be 37 in 2024.
Spent the first time at OM between 2013 and 2015, “ Dim “Returned to the 2017 winter transfer window, where he was the big recruit for the project of American owner Frank McCourt: 30 million euros to repatriate him from West Ham (England).
After a hectic season where the player was the target of opposing supporters, Dimitri Payet had to stop at the beginning of May due to a calf injury. Without him, OM managed to recover second place in the championship in the last seconds of the season and the right to regain the Champions League.
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