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title: "Hammers Complete Payet Deal"
canonical: "https://readwestham.com/2015/06/26/west-ham-complete-signing-of-marseille-attacker-dimitri-payet/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2015-06-26T08:33:43Z"
modified: "2015-06-26T19:28:04Z"
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# Hammers Complete Payet Deal

West Ham have finally completed the signing of Marseille attacker Dimitri Payet on a long-term contract worth £21.3m over it’s duration.

Jack Sullivan confirms over twitter than an announcement is due soon.

> Payet…all done!!! go to the WHU website at 2.30pm for full\
> updates/interviews [#coyi](https://twitter.com/hashtag/coyi?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#payet](https://twitter.com/hashtag/payet?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
>
> — Jack Sullivan (@jsullivanwhu) [June 26, 2015](https://twitter.com/jsullivanwhu/status/614418454158929921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The 28-year-old can operate on either wing as well as an attacking midfielder, and has spent his entire footballing career in France.

**MORE:** **[Read our exclusive interview with French football journalist Julien Laurens about what Dimitri Payet will bring to West Ham](https://readwestham.com/2015/06/25/dimitri-payet-qa-with-french-journalist-julien-laurens/)****.**

Capped 15 times by his country, Payet has spent the last two seasons at Marseille following a move fro Lille in 2013.

Last season, Payet scored seven goals and contributed 17 assists in Ligue 1 – most in the division, and has also made the most assists in Ligue 1 since 2006 with 65.

**MORE: [Check out our scouting report on new West Ham signing Dimitri Payet, including an expert’s take from French football journalist Jonathan Johnson](https://readwestham.com/2015/06/25/scout-report-dimitri-payet/).**

Marseille have reluctantly sold their star man for a fee in the region of £10.7m, plus performance-based add ons, following a contract dispute.

Payet will join up with the squad soon, but will not feature in either fixture against FC Lusitans in the Europa League first qualifying round.

[![Oulala.com (Opta Stats)](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-25-at-12.44.41-e1435232878738.png)](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-25-at-12.44.41-e1435232878738.png)