On Saturday, OM organized a press conference with Dimitri Payet to announce the contract extension of the Marseilles playmaker. The latter accepted a consequent drop in salary and abandoned certain important bonuses. OM don’t want to stop there …
Dimitri Payet agreed to a salary cut of up to 50%, by smoothing it over a contract for two more years. He explained it on Saturday at a press conference: “At the time I talked about it, I couldn’t do it (lower his salary, editor’s note), for reasons that are personal to me, but I wanted to do something more clearly, and this extension helps more the club for this new phase. To go into detail, I have three companies, I closed one and another that I am trying to save. After what has been said, it goes over me. I needed to have stability. To know where we were going. Do not ask more questions after each transfer window … The ideal for me was to stay until the end. “
Mandanda could follow Payet, more complex negotiations for Strootman and Thauvin…
An important message from the former captain and an opening for the Olympian management. While according to the Team OM is trying to extend Florian Thauvin at a lower salary, to do the same with Mandanda, the club would also have started discussions with Kevin Strootman, the highest salary in the workforce. On the other hand, the sports daily explains that the negotiations promise to be complicated …
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