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Dimitri Payet refuses to rule out January exit from West Ham United

By Barney Corkhill, Editor | 07 November 2016

West Ham United playmaker Dimitri Payet leaves the door open for a possible January exit following the club's poor start to the season.

West Ham United playmaker Dimitri Payet has refused to rule out leaving the club during the January transfer window.

The 29-year-old is just 10 months into a five-and-a-half-year deal with the Hammers, who fended off reported interest from the likes of Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain during the summer transfer window.

Madrid look set to be unable to renew their interest due to a transfer ban, but PSG, Marseille and Inter Milan have all been linked with the France international following the Hammers' poor start to the season.

"We've had a poor start. Leave in January? I'm asking other questions but I'm not closing the door to anything," he told a French television station, according to The Telegraph.

"It's always the sports project that interests me. I work like that and until I play at a level like this, it will be the case."

West Ham currently sit just one point clear of the relegation zone having won only three of their opening 11 games.