Are Dimitri Payet's comments on wages defensible?

• Is Dimitri Payet right to refuse to lower his salary? Rare OM supporters think so.
• They believe that he is not responsible for the financial difficulties of OM, moreover prior to the health crisis of the coronavirus.
• The careers of footballers are very short and it is therefore plausible that he has taken out very large loans.

"Shall we make a pot for Payet?" If we all put 100 euros, it could help him get his head out of the water. Since the start of the health crisis, OM supporters have been increasing collections and marauding to help the homeless or people in difficulty. Like the caustic Alex, many of them were therefore shocked by the latest media release from Dimitri Payet. The former OM captain said this weekend that he refused to lower his salary because he has "significant credits to honor". 20 Minutes  having the same taste for the opposite as Dim ', we have compiled the arguments of those who judge his point of view legitimate.

He is not responsible for OM's financial concerns

“Jacques-Henri Eyraud asks players to take responsibility for his management wanderings, launches Thierry Audibert, OM supporter since the 1970s. It is because of his management that OM did not qualify for the Ligue champions in previous seasons. After four consecutive seasons of deficit (and a record at 91.4 million last year), OM may face a heavy fine in financial fair play in June. According to supporters, the culprit is called "JHE".

"If OM is in financial trouble it is the fault of Eyraud, and not that of Payet or Covid" | Football Club de Marseille #teamOM https://t.co/uFMfXeAqRm

They accuse him in particular of having extended Rudi Garcia in October 2018, the day before yet another defeat in the Classico. Unlike its president, Dimitri Payet is currently popular at the Vélodrome: after a failed 2018-19 season, he did the job to bring OM back to the Champions League (12 goals and 4 assists in 27 games) .

A contract is a contract

"He is an employee, he has a contract, right? It is up to the company to foresee crisis situations, ”notes the Marseillais Max, who“ does not want to throw a stone ”at Payet, while finding his exit“ a little indecent. This supporter also hopes that the choice of Dimitri Payet will not cost their posts to more precarious employees of OM.

"When he returned to OM, Payet had proposals in China, a more interesting career plan in England," recalls Romain Canuti, who has just signed a weighted editorial on Le Phocéen . Upon his return as head of the McCourt project, in January 2017, Payet had accepted a "significant reduction in his salary", in the words of Jacques-Henri Eyraud. But the duration of his contract was particularly long: five and a half years, until June 2022.

Footballers are not safe from bankruptcy

From Garrincha to Georges Best via Emmanuel Eboué, many professional footballers have known bankruptcy. Joachim Fernandez, former teammate of Zidane in Bordeaux, died of cold in a squat, in 2016. "People think that footballers are billionaires and will remain so all their lives, annoys Pierre *, banker and supporter of OM . In reality, they are given very large loans over a very short period of time, so that they can make investments to prepare for their retirement. "

Payet 💬: "Today I can no longer afford to buy Milka or LU, I am happy with brands of first price cakes." pic.twitter.com/pMiyHPP4f1

It is therefore quite plausible that Payet cannot afford to lower his salary. With its emoluments close to 500,000 euros monthly, Payet supports dozens of people: maintenance and security agents, but also many relatives.

"I think he set up boxes with members of his family which he keeps on a drip", sketch Pierre *, who had access, in the past, to one of the accounts of the Marseilles playmaker: "The account was in his name but the contact was that of his mother, "said the supporter, who is destined for a career as a player's agent. It is a certainty: he will not advise Dimitri Payet. At 33, the Reunion Islander is nearing the end of a career. It will have been rich in goals, as in controversies.

* His first name has been changed.

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