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title: "Marseille preparing fourth offer for Dimitri Payet"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2017-01-23T16:08:09Z"
modified: "2017-01-23T16:11:47Z"
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# Marseille preparing fourth offer for Dimitri Payet

With less than two weeks left of the January transfer window, we are no closer to a resolution to the Dimitri Payet transfer saga.

Payet made it known that he no longer wants to play for West Ham by handing in a transfer request with his heart firmly set on a return to Marseille, the club who sold Payet to the Hammers in July 2015 for a reported £10.7m

To prove that point, Payet has already rejected a lucrative move to the Chinese Super League worth £500,000-a-week and has snubbed a fellow ‘mid-table’ Premier League team this week.

Marseille have had two bids rejected for Payet, but [RMC Sport](https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/l-om-et-west-ham-continuent-de-negocier-pour-payet-1087839.html) are now reporting that the Ligue 1 side have seen a third offer worth €27m (£23.2m) turned down by West Ham for the 29-year-old.

![Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2017/01/453737569.jpg)

After dropping their initial asking price of €40m down to €34m, West Ham have made it clear to Marseille that they will not sell Payet for a penny less than €30m (£25.8m) this month.

RMC claim the two clubs were to meet again today to further discuss a transfer, and Marseille are expected to launch a fourth bid to re-sign the enigmatic attacking midfielder. The two clubs are closer than ever to a deal – but an agreement has yet to be reached