And now it's Chelsea linked to Payet.

No comment, but 1star. Let's play guess the muppet.

Lazy journalism. Plus he is about to sign a new deal and loves it here.


So dig deep Chelsea!

I'm not the 1 star merchant by the way, but i cant see Chelsea spending that much money for a player of his age. The Chinese might, but not Chelsea.

Payet set to sign da ting

He has extended his contract.

You must be happy hammers now

Very happy, I'd still take £45m though

New deal £125,000 per week

hounslows

It's all about how it's calculated.

The new five and a half deal will keep his basic wages at £68,000 pw.

Then get a £25,000 appearance bonus.

Plus £1m for the new contract, paid over twelve months adding another £19,000 per week to his pay packet.

It means potentially over £106,000 per week on average in the firdt twelve months dropping to around £87,500 per week for the following four years after the initial signing on bonus is paid.

Still ridiculous btw, but it makes a lot of sense to have a large proportion as appearance fees as he will be 33 by the end and possibly not fit enough to play every game. It also of course helps if he picks up any long term injuries.

Great signing for you lot and he's been outstanding this season.

It's nice to see clubs being able to keep their best players i e you with payet and Leicester with vardy and them not just being sold because other clubs want them.