West Ham agree fee with Marseille for Dimitri Payet

West Ham have finally agreed a deal with Marseille for the sale of Dimitri Payet, the club have confirmed

Dimitri Payet shakes hands with Slaven Bilic

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The London club have been in negotiations for the past couple of weeks with the Frenchman’s former club, with the talks stalling over a price.

But now a fee of £25 million has been agreed and Slaven Bilic’s star man is now in France to complete a medical.

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Payet himself tweeted that he was on his way home.

Reports have suggested that Payet is taking a slight pay cut to go back to his former club.

The playmaker has refused to play for West Ham against Crystal Palace more than two weeks ago and has since been dropped to the Under 23 squad by Bilic.

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