Igor Tudor’s sanction against Dimitri Payet means the end of the Réunionnaire season. Even the end of his career.
Did Dimitri Payet play against Angers last Sunday the ultimate match of his career? The question arises more than ever when Igor Tudor did not summon the playmaker for the Marseillais match in Lille on Saturday evening – the last card to play for the person concerned this season a priori since the Disciplinary Committee of the Professional Football League imposed a suspension of five matches on the Marseille captain this week, three of which are closed.
Under contract until 2024, Dimitri Payet has not yet decided on the follow-up to his career. Only the turn of this 2022-2023 exercise and his incompatibility of temper with the Croatian coach of OM could gently push him into early retirement. Before the episode of the sanction, Valentin Rongier, who inherited the armband on the ground, thus evoked the subject Friday: “ Even if I was in on the secret, I wouldn’t tell you… In his head, he’s not ready to stop, but I could be wrong. “Dim” never implied that, he is a competitor. »
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For Christophe Dugarry, recently back on the airwaves of RMC, Dimitri Payet must think twice, certainly. “ When he returned to Marseille, it was a choice of the heart. If I was at OM, I would do everything to make him leave, because it’s a big salary. Afterwards, only he can know what he wants. The difficulty is finding a role for it. If he stays and makes another twenty matches next season, it won’t be that bad for him. At 36, he knows he is nearing the end. You have to make the right choice, because you don’t want to miss your exit. He knows that next year there will still be Tudor, he knows who he has to deal with… »