West Ham send Dimitri Payet packing with stinging attack on his 'loyalty' as he seals £25m Marseille return

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Dimitri Payet has completed his £25million return to former club Marseille after forcing his way out of West Ham.

The Frenchman was filmed taking his medical in Marseille on Sunday as West Ham finally agreed to end the transfer saga by allowing Payet to sign a four-and-a-half year deal, with the option of a further year, at Stade Velodrome.

In a statement released after Payet's exit was confirmed, Irons joint-chairman David Sullivan expressed his disappointment at his former stars' conduct. 

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 Dimitri Payet has sealed a £25million return to Marseille after forcing his way out of West Ham

Payet signed a four-and-a-half year deal, with the option of a further year, at Stade Velodrome

Marseille shared a video of the Frenchman undergoing his medical on Snapchat

Payet tweeted a photograph of a plane, captioning it: 'I'm coming home'

Payet has been vocal in his desire to leave and it seems will finally make the Marseille move 

He said: 'The club would like to place on record its sincere disappointment that Dimitri Payet did not show the same commitment and respect to West Ham United that the club and fans showed him, particularly when it rewarded him with a lucrative new five-and-half-year deal only last year.

'I would like to make it clear that we have no financial need to sell our best players and that the decision to allow Payet to leave was in accordance with the wishes of the manager and the interests of squad unity. To be frank, my Board and I would have preferred for him to have stayed in order to make an example of him, as no player is bigger than the club. 

'I am confident that with the quality of the players we have brought in during January already, the squad will be stronger at the end of this transfer window than it was at the start. 

Payet was filmed arriving in France for his medical yesterday ahead of completing his move

The French playmaker has made the move from West Ham to Marseille for a fee of up to £30m

'We now look forward to building on our recent good run of form with five league wins in the last seven matches as we focus on continuing our rise up the Premier League table.'  

Payet has taken a wage cut to return to France and has been filmed completing his medical exclusively by DugOut. He had refused to play for West Ham earlier this month as he pushed for a move away and the London Stadium club finally relented on Saturday evening with the transfer including a sell-on clause and appearance bonus.

Earlier in the day Payet tweeted a photograph of his jet and captioned it 'I'm coming home'.

Marseille made their offer last weekend, as reported by Sportsmail, and negotiations have centred around the structure of the payments. 

David's son Jack tweeted a tongue-in-cheek tribute to Payet featuring pictures of snakes after the deal was confirmed. 

West Ham have signed Robert Snodgrass from Hull and remain in talks over Scott Hogan at Brentford.

Payet ended his ongoing transfer saga by completing a a move back to French club Marseille

Payet told West Ham he wanted out earlier this month and has been training with their U23s

The arrival of Hull City midfielder Snodgrass at the London Stadium means West Ham no longer have any interest in trying to hold 29-year-old Payet against his will.

Payet told West Ham he no longer wanted to play for them earlier this month and has been training with their U23s. 

The Hammers have turned down two bids from Marseille for is now expected to play against Lyon in Tuesday night's French Cup tie. 

His family had already returned to France.

Payet was filmed completing his medical with Marseille exclusively by DugOut

Payet could now make his debut for Marseille against Lyon in the cup on Tuesday