Vasco da Gama’s star recruit a year ago, Dimitri Payet has already lost his splendor. His performances disappoint and his physical state raises questions.
Released free by OM in 2023, Dimitri Payet planned to experience a second youth in Brazil. He arrived in a championship less competitive than Ligue 1 and in a legendary Brazilian football club Vasco da Gama. A favorable environment to allow him to show that he had not lost his talent with the ball. But, things really don’t go as planned. After a difficultly acquired maintenance last season by Vasco da Gama, it is Dimitri Payet who is struggling in 2024. While his club is currently 10th and is experiencing a calmer year, the Reunionese is ghostly with the Carioca club.
Payet assailed by critics in Brazil
The former OM midfielder has not scored a single goal all season, providing only three assists. An unworthy assessment of its European past. In addition, he does not get along with Philippe Coutinho on the pitch. His lifestyle and his weight are also criticized. Criticisms are coming from local personalities. This is the case of the famous Brazilian trainer Joel Santana. He summed up the current criticism of Payet with a violent and even excessive outing.
« These two together won’t work, because Coutinho doesn’t run for Payet and because Payet doesn’t run for Coutinho. Has Payet entered the field recently? I didn’t see him, he didn’t do anything. Payet, with this haircut, is hard to bear. He should return to France, drink his champagne, eat his caviar and his oysters since beans, rice and beer are not made for him here. He can’t lose weight: what is he eating then? », he blurted out in the Brazilian press. This slowly feels like the end of the Brazilian adventure for Dimitri Payet…
