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Payet 'not closing the door' to January exit from West Ham

Dimitri Payet says he is "not closing the door to anything" when questioned on a possible January exit from West Ham.

The playmaker was an outstanding performer during his first season in England, helping the Hammers to finish seventh and earning a prominent role in France's run to the final of Euro 2016 on home soil.

"I'm asking myself other questions, I have ambition, but I'm not closing the door to anything," he said.

"It's always the sports project that interests me. For now, PSG [Paris Saint-Germain] and OM [Marseille] did not come to me [with an offer]."

Of the Hammers' poor opening to 2016-17, he added: "It was a very bad start with West Ham, we're trying to get into the top half of the table."

"I think the future of Dimitri will always [be in] England. He's made to play there."

Payet also backed his international team-mate Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid to feature in the top three of France Football's prestigious player of the year award, the Ballon d'Or.

"I would like Griezmann to be on the podium for the Golden Ball," he said.