Dimitri Payet during Marseille-Amiens, in March 2020, at the time when we still saw football matches. - Daniel Cole / AP / SIPA

OM players have spoken very little since the start of the coronavirus crisis. And Dimitri Payet is generally particularly reluctant to respond to the media, outside of compulsory press conferences. However, he broke this silence this weekend in the columns of the Journal de la Réunion . Dimitri Payet explains why he refuses to lower his salary.

"My role is to defend my interests and my family without jeopardizing the club," said the former OM captain, who spoke of "significant credits to honor, commitments to keep. The negotiations are still ongoing between Jacques-Henri Eyraud and the Marseille players. OM, like many French clubs, is in great economic difficulty due to the cessation of competitions. 

"OM is a family" who "grew up in crisis management"

Dimitri Payet denies any scramble with "JHE", which is said to be banished from the locker room. “This story makes me smile a lot. Who am I to deny my president access to the locker room? ", Pretends to wonder the old Nantais.

Hello everyone, a thought for people who have significant credits to honor

- William Pereira (@WillyTheKiid) June 1, 2020

He even says that "the leaders have done a great job" by convincing André Villas-Boas to stay at the club. “OM is a family. We manage to talk to each other, to find solutions together, to wash our dirty clothes with the family (...) The club has grown (...) in crisis management. "

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