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Dimitri Payet will never play for West Ham again and he WILL be sold this month, Harry Redknapp tells talkSPORT

Dimitri Payet will never play for West Ham again and he WILL be sold this month, Harry Redknapp tells talkSPORT

Harry Redknapp has told talkSPORT there is 'no chance' Dimitri Payet will remain at West Ham beyond this transfer window.

The Hammers’ star man has gone on strike in a bid to force a move back to Marseille.

West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan has vowed to keep the 29-year-old against his wishes and rejected a bid of around £20million from the Ligue 1 side on Monday.

But with Payet now public enemy number one with the club’s fans, Redknapp insists there is no way back for the France star at the London Stadium and he WILL get the move he desires this month.

Speaking on the Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast, the former West Ham boss said: "He has got to go. He can't play again.

“It will stink the place out if he plays. He wants to go, he don't want to play for you.

“They have just got to get the right price. The deal has got to happen and it will happen.

“He won't be there at the end of the window - no chance.

"He is finished."

Payet was outstanding for West Ham last season and was idolised by supporters before his recent antics.

But Redknapp insists he is no club legend and won't be missed.

"He ain't the best player to play there," he said.

"They have had hundreds of better players. People like Bobby Moore that played for the club all their lives and [Mark] Noble, they are proper West Ham.

"These guys [like Payet] come for a few years and are on their bikes again.";

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