Payet's new big announcement on Pogba's arrival at OM

Paul Pogba at Olympique de Marseille, all Marseille supporters dream of it. As for the former players, we also hope to see him arrive on the banks of the Canebière. However, Dimitri Payet revealed that he will not intervene to convince his former teammate in the French team to join the Marseille club: “No, that's not my style. I think Paul is quite tall. He has already played at the Vélodrome, like at Euro 2016. He knows what Marseille is. We've talked about it enough, whether in the selection or him with his brothers who played in Ligue 1. Afterwards, knowing if it's the right time for him, does he want it… Pogba, Rabiot, Hojbjerg in the middle, it starts to cause problems all the same!” he revealed in an interview with RMC Sport.

Payet will not try to convince Pogba!

In this interview, the former French international took the opportunity to review his Olympian career and named his best season: “We'll take the most recent one. I would say the season with our Sampaoli. I'll take this one. Stats are still stats. But beyond that, the game that we advocated on the field, the team of furious madmen that we had, the communion with the public… With this European Cup too, where we went as far as the semi-finals. -final (against Feyenoord Rotterdam in the Europa Conference League, Editor's note). Without forgetting this final in Ligue 1 with the last home match where we qualified for the Champions League… It was an incredible season” he explained before revealing that he will particularly follow the Stadium Rennes under the orders of the Argentinian: “Yes, of course. When this kind of coach arrives at a club, which explains us, and me first, I said to myself “But he’s crazy”. What he asks of us, wants to put in place… But gradually it comes in, it starts to be fluid and on the ground, and it's just happiness.“

The Reunionese also indicated the best match he played at OM: “Two come to mind. But the first is necessarily the one against Leipzig in the European Cup (Europa League quarter-final return in 2018, Editor's note). And the second is against Lyon (during the 2-1 victory in Ligue 1 in the fall of 2019, double from D.Payet). I had been preparing for two months! Since the signing (of Rudi Garcia at OL, Editor's note) was made official. Afterwards, be careful, there is no longer any animosity against the coach. He had great seasons with us. But I went into the locker room and said “Guys, we can lose the 12 games until Lyon, I don't care. But we won't lose this one, It’s not possible.”“

Finally, he wanted to salute Jacques-Henri Eyraud: “I have a gratitude that will be eternal, it is the president of OM, who at the time was Jacques-Henri Eyraud. He told me, “I want you to come back and I will do whatever it takes to get you back.” And we fought until January 28, 29, and it was hard. Because at one point, I told myself that it was going to be complicated to do. But he never gave up on this negotiation. He never let go of me because we talked often. And he allowed me to realize my dream of coming back and having my family come back home, and then living these incredible seasons behind… It's an eternal gratitude that I have to President Eyraud and to the shareholder (Frank McCourt), who had put his hand in his pocket. It remains a significant transfer at the time for OM. These are the two people that immediately come to mind' he said before concluding about the supporters: “This is what made me attached to this club. In nine seasons at the club, we have had a lot of meetings with the supporters, and it has sometimes been very heated in the confrontations. Several times, I took it for my rank, and sometimes it was justified. Sometimes no. But in my role as captain, it was something that I had to take on, but also something that excited me. To say “No worries, I’ll get to work!”. And it was a bit like in a relationship, where when things don't go well, we get confused. And in the end, it is love that triumphs. And when I come back today, I think people have better memories, rather than bad ones, of me. But it was something that boosted me. That's also why I went to Brazil, because the Vasco fans and the Brazilian fans are close to ours. They are in love with their club and, even at 37 years old, they are not doing me any favors. That's why I chose Brazil rather than other clubs or other countries where I would have zero pressure and where I would take it easy.“

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