Payet still on the phone

WEST HAM do not appear to have moved on completely from the saga of super mercenary Dimitri Payet following his £25m transfer to Marseille, despite results picking up and the France midfielder’s picture being removed from the london Stadium.

The phone ticket line still trilled yesterday: ‘Come and see Hammer of the Year Dimitri Payet . . . we have departed for bigger and better things . . . come and see this unmissable campaign . . . you will be wowed.’

a West Ham spokesman said the recording remaining on the line was an oversight and it would be removed immediately. IT

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