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***Monts*** · 12-01-2017 11:49 AM

Bilic has come out and said that DP is refusing to play for West Ham.

That being the case, would West Ham be within their rights not to pay him, due to breach of contract?

***JimBHibees*** · 12-01-2017 11:52 AM

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Bilic has come out and said that DP is refusing to play for West Ham.

That being the case, would West Ham be within their rights not to pay him, due to breach of contract?

Is it not does not want to rather than refusing to play?

Some players really do themselves no favours. Fonte of Southampton also captain of the team and a few days before a semi final puts in a transfer request.

***Winston Ingram*** · 12-01-2017 11:52 AM

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Bilic has come out and said that DP is refusing to play for West Ham.

That being the case, would West Ham be within their rights not to pay him, due to breach of contract?

If they picked him for a match and refused to play they could fine him a max of 2 weeks wages. If he carries on like that, they fine him each time he refuses.

***Winston Ingram*** · 12-01-2017 11:53 AM

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Is it not does not want to rather than refusing to play?

Some players really do themselves no favours. Fonte of Southampton also captain of the team and a few days before a semi final puts in a transfer request.

Bilic said at the end of the press conference that he is 'refusing to play.'

**Haymaker** · 12-01-2017 11:54 AM

Very disappointed in his attitude, we gave him a huge contract last season that has 4 and a half years to go. He's 30, he'll be very lucky if anyone will pay today's price for him.

***grunt*** · 12-01-2017 11:54 AM

Maybe he'd like to come to us?

***JimBHibees*** · 12-01-2017 11:56 AM

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Bilic said at the end of the press conference that he is 'refusing to play.'

Ok didnt realise that. Wow what a joke, absolutely hero worshipped by the fans,

***GordonHFC*** · 12-01-2017 11:59 AM

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Maybe he'd like to come to us?

Don't see why not. I think we could attract a lot of players who don't want to play for us

**Zazu62** · 12-01-2017 12:07 PM

He's had one good season that's it

**21.05.2016** · 12-01-2017 12:11 PM

Another footballer with a vastly overinflated ego. West Ham should be telling him to pack his bags and GTF, what a disrespectful way to treat the club and the fans. Honestly, sometimes you really do shake oyur head in disbelief at these guys. Loads of people would absolutely kill to be in his position playing high level football for a living, earning a crazy amount of money and living a very luxurious lifestyle. Don't know how lucky they have it sometimes. Look at the likes of Sterling and Rooney a few years back for example, throwing their toys out the pram and going in the huff wanting to leave their respective clubs because they feel they are not getting enough money despite already being on about £150k a week!

I'm not sure about the legal and contract side of things etc so I know its probably not as simple as just telling him to GTF but in an ideal world West Ham would be able to bin him immediately.

He's a very good player, I just hope he's not another player who ends up dwindling in the lower leagues wastes his talent because he has a bad attitude and thinks he's bigger and better than what he is (see Scott Allan thread!).

***KeithTheHibby*** · 12-01-2017 12:11 PM

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Bilic said at the end of the press conference that he is 'refusing to play.'

What a dick. How to go from hero to zero in a short sentence.

***easty*** · 12-01-2017 12:20 PM

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He's had one good season that's it

That's not entirely true though is it.

He's only had one good season in the EPL. He was capped for France before playing for West Ham, and he'd moved for £9m and £8.5m before West Ham bought him.

I don't think he should be refusing to play, that's bad form, but I'm not surprised he wants to leave. 29 year old player, who could get a move to one of the really big teams, why shouldn't he want that? He's done well for West Ham, but they're diddy just now, should he stay with a crap team just because they signed him? If West Ham were doing well, and he was tatties, they'd be quick enough to sell him.

**Tyler Durden** · 12-01-2017 12:23 PM

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That's not entirely true though is it.

He's only had one good season in the EPL. He was capped for France before playing for West Ham, and he'd moved for £9m and £8.5m before West Ham bought him.

I don't think he should be refusing to play, that's bad form, but I'm not surprised he wants to leave. 29 year old player, who could get a move to one of the really big teams, why shouldn't he want that? He's done well for West Ham, but they're diddy just now, should he stay with a crap team just because they signed him? If West Ham were doing well, and he was tatties, they'd be quick enough to sell him.

Basically he should stay until West Ham receive an offer they deem acceptable. Marseille are playing the Dave King role here offering £20m

**MWHIBBIES** · 12-01-2017 12:25 PM

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He's had one good season that's it

He has been a quality player for years

***lucky*** · 12-01-2017 12:27 PM

Disgraceful way for a pro footballer to act. Sadly he is not the first and won't be the last

***easty*** · 12-01-2017 12:27 PM

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Basically he should stay until West Ham receive an offer they deem acceptable. Marseille are playing the Dave King role here offering £20m

Aye you're right, but such is modern football that if someone wants to leave then, more often than not, they'll leave.

Like I said previously, he shouldn't be refusing to play, but he's every right to tell West Ham he wants to leave.

**HUTCHYHIBBY** · 12-01-2017 12:27 PM

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Very disappointed in his attitude, we gave him a huge contract last season that has 4 and a half years to go. He's 30, he'll be very lucky if anyone will pay today's price for him.

Hopefully one of the Chinese clubs are paying attention.

**~~southsider~~** · 12-01-2017 12:38 PM

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Aye you're right, but such is modern football that if someone wants to leave then, more often than not, they'll leave.

Like I said previously, he shouldn't be refusing to play, but he's every right to tell West Ham he wants to leave.

Sullivan should call his bluff. Tell him to train each night with the 'yoofs' or he is suspended without pay. {layers have far, far too much power and this has to change.

**Is It On....** · 12-01-2017 12:42 PM

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Is it not does not want to rather than refusing to play?

Some players really do themselves no favours. Fonte of Southampton also captain of the team and a few days before a semi final puts in a transfer request.

Chris Martin(esk)..

**Is It On....** · 12-01-2017 12:43 PM

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Very disappointed in his attitude, we gave him a huge contract last season that has 4 and a half years to go. He's 30, he'll be very lucky if anyone will pay today's price for him.

Are you an "iron"?

***easty*** · 12-01-2017 12:45 PM

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Sullivan should call his bluff. Tell him to train each night with the 'yoofs' or he is suspended without pay. {layers have far, far too much power and this has to change.

I don't think Sullivan should. Just to prove a point? That's no going to help West Ham this season. Sell him, reinvest the money in someone who does want to play for West Ham, and move on. If they can go find another good player for £10m, then sell him for double, or treble that, in 18 months then good on them. It's only West Ham, no Barcelona or Real Madrid, the club surely doesn't think the foreign players they bring over will be happy to stay there forever if they can go on to bigger clubs.

**NadeAteMyLunch!** · 12-01-2017 12:46 PM

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That's not entirely true though is it.

He's only had one good season in the EPL. He was capped for France before playing for West Ham, and he'd moved for £9m and £8.5m before West Ham bought him.

I don't think he should be refusing to play, that's bad form, but I'm not surprised he wants to leave. 29 year old player, who could get a move to one of the really big teams, why shouldn't he want that? He's done well for West Ham, but they're diddy just now, should he stay with a crap team just because they signed him? If West Ham were doing well, and he was tatties, they'd be quick enough to sell him.

Nah but maybe he should stay because he agreed a new lucrative deal last year when things were going well for West Ham? Now the toys are out the pram because they are having a tough season. Modern footballers like him are a disgrace.

**Geo_1875** · 12-01-2017 12:52 PM

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Nah but maybe he should stay because he agreed a new lucrative deal last year when things were going well for West Ham? Now the toys are out the pram because they are having a tough season. Modern footballers like him are a disgrace.

And he's part of the reason they are having a poor season. He's only turned it on in spells this time around. I'd let him go abroad for the right money.

***easty*** · 12-01-2017 12:54 PM

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Nah but maybe he should stay because he agreed a new lucrative deal last year when things were going well for West Ham? Now the toys are out the pram because they are having a tough season. Modern footballers like him are a disgrace.

Should he have refused to sign a contract, for more money, on the basis that he thought he'd maybe, at some point if he'd done well, like to leave to go to a bigger club?

I don't think this has necessarily got anything to do with money, maybe he'll go to China and prove me wrong though. I think he wants to play for a better team than West Ham. Nowt to do with modern footballers being a disgrace, in my opinion.

**Geo_1875** · 12-01-2017 12:58 PM

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Should he have refused to sign a contract, for more money, on the basis that he thought he'd maybe, at some point if he'd done well, like to leave to go to a bigger club?

I don't think this has necessarily got anything to do with money, maybe he'll go to China and prove me wrong though. I think he wants to play for a better team than West Ham. Nowt to do with modern footballers being a disgrace, in my opinion.

So does he want to play for any team that's better than West Ham or does his agent have a specific destination in mind? He won't have refused to play without knowing who wants him and how much he'll be getting.

***easty*** · 12-01-2017 01:02 PM

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So does he want to play for any team that's better than West Ham or does his agent have a specific destination in mind? He won't have refused to play without knowing who wants him and how much he'll be getting.

Payet will probably know who he'd like to play for. It doesn't matter if he knows who wants him, or how much they'll pay him.

***CapitalGreen*** · 12-01-2017 01:04 PM

Must be frustrating being the most creative player in the league yet your team continually fails to sign a decent striker to convert the chances you make.

"Since David Gold & Sullivan took over West Ham in January 2010, they've signed 32 strikers. They have scored 143 goals in 709 games."

**NadeAteMyLunch!** · 12-01-2017 01:04 PM

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Should he have refused to sign a contract, for more money, on the basis that he thought he'd maybe, at some point if he'd done well, like to leave to go to a bigger club?

I don't think this has necessarily got anything to do with money, maybe he'll go to China and prove me wrong though. I think he wants to play for a better team than West Ham. Nowt to do with modern footballers being a disgrace, in my opinion.

He only signed the deal last season. He knew his age then. West Ham were challenging for the champions league so it was all rosy for him. They are struggling a bit this season so he wants to jump ship and leave his teammates to potentially fight relegation without him? Appalling attitude and not the type of teammate I'd want in my corner. Different if it was the summer and a big bid came in for him but that's not the case. He's trying to engineer a move mid season because he's not enjoying getting beat most weeks. Poor from him.

**~~southsider~~** · 12-01-2017 01:12 PM

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He only signed the deal last season. He knew his age then. West Ham were challenging for the champions league so it was all rosy for him. They are struggling a bit this season so he wants to jump ship and leave his teammates to potentially fight relegation without him? Appalling attitude and not the type of teammate I'd want in my corner. Different if it was the summer and a big bid came in for him but that's not the case. He's trying to engineer a move mid season because he's not enjoying getting beat most weeks. Poor from him.

He has been tapped up. Illegal as he is under contract. Hammer the offending club with a 10 point deduction. It has happened to us more than a few times.