During a press briefing this Saturday, Dimitri Payet announced that he would lower his salary and extend his contract with OM until 2024.
This is the big news of the day in Marseille. A surprise even. At a press point organized this Saturday, OM announced the contract extension of Dimitri Payet until 2024, two more years compared to the previously signed lease. The French international will cut wages by 50% for the 2020-21 season and 30% for the 2021-22 season. A decision taken by itself, immediately accepted by the management of Marseille.
“Payet came to meet me to tell me that he wanted to be Marseillais for life. He told me that he wanted to end his career here and pursue a retraining project at the club, explained the president Jacques-Henri Eyraud, present at his side. Over the two more years he is going to work, he accepted that his base salary be reduced between 40 and 60%. He has given up his European qualification bonuses. “
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A strong gesture from the 33-year-old attacking midfielder, who immediately confirmed the words of its president: “I was the one who went to the president to suggest this to him. No one forced me to do it. I did it because I love the club.”
ImDimitri Payet cuts his salary by 50% for the 2020-2021 season and 30% for the 2021-2022 season!
The French international will extend until 2024 at @ OM_Officiel. pic.twitter.com/13rL6cSKdl
— Goal France ???????? (@GoalFrance) June 27, 2020
Regarding his retraining at OM, Dimitri Payet gives himself the time to see coming: “I have no specific ideas on this. We will discuss it when the time comes, but I do not think about it. I am still hungry to play, I am still in good shape to thrive on the field. I have a lot to give and I will give until my body can do no more. “
It will therefore be necessary to be patient to have a more precise idea of the post-career career of the former Stéphanois.
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