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OPINION: Dimitri Payet never cared about West Ham and should be stripped of Hammer of the Year award - Neil Ashton

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Dimitri Payet is not fit to be compared to club legends such as Bobby Moore, Trevor Brooking and Geoff Hurst and should be stripped of his Hammer of the Year award.

That’s the opinion of The Sun's chief football reporter Neil Ashton, who also believes West Ham fans are now playing the price after making the French playmaker a cult hero after one season at the club.

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There are no doubts over the impact Payet made in his debut Premier League season, with his 15 goals and 17 assists in all competitions seeing him clean up at the club’s end of term awards.