The midfielder has been without a squad since being released by Olympique de Marseille and has continued negotiations with the cariocas for the rest of the season
In the market looking for the number 10 shirt since the opening of the transfer market, Vasco seems to have finally found a name: Dimitri Payet. According to the information of Sports globeCruz-Maltino has advanced negotiations with the French and should soon announce him as reinforcement for the rest of the year. Runner-up of euro cup 2016 and with a consolidated career in the old continent, he would have liked the project of the Rio de Janeiro club and encouraged its managers.
The arrival of Payet, even if the window has just closed, is due to him being without a club, since he has not renewed with the Olympic In marseille, for whom he had played since 2017. The last season for the club was not the best, there were only 27 games, with four goals and three assists, lower than the average of previous seasons, where he regularly appeared among the players with the most participation in goals. Even so, he encourages the supporter, since the last performance can be considered atypical of him.
Payet was born in the French territory of Réunion and wrestled before emerging as a star athlete. For a time he worked as a clothing salesman in a shop due to the low salary he received from Nantes he was in the club’s ‘B’ team at the time. Later, when the opportunities to showcase his football became more frequent, he stood out and it didn’t take much to shine in Europe.
His “elegant” style of play has also been compared to Zinedina Zidano, the biggest name in the history of France and idol of the local national team. And even if he hasn’t had the same success as the hero for Le Bleus, had its good moments, albeit without the best endings. At Euro 2016 he was one of the team that reached the final against Portugal, playing at home, but lost 1-0 to finish second.
In 2015, a year before the continental competition, Payet moved the ball market when he was sold to West Ham for €15m and played away from his country for the first time, after seasons in Nantes, Saint Etienne, Lilac and Olympique de Marseille. He will play in England until 2017, when he will be bought back by Olympique for 25 million pounds, the equivalent of almost 100 million reais, his last club before remaining without a contract.
The player’s farewell to France took place at the end of July, when, in tears, he declared that he didn’t expect the end of his cycle. He was even offered an outfield spot if he decided to retire, but he declined. At the age of 36, he will find in Vasco the challenge of taking the club out of the relegation zone of the Brazilian league and adapting to a new country and continent.
Source: Terra
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