Dimitri Payet: The important figure for West Ham United

Dimitri Payet (les-transferts.com)

English League undergoes a unique season. We know how the success story of Leicester City, a team that last year struggled to escape from relegation, now just become head of the Premier League. However, the story does not stop there.

There is West Ham United that also displaying good performance. Indeed, at this time, they only standings at No. 6, two points behinds Manchester United and three points behinds Manchester City. However, the possibility of stepping foot in the Champions League next season is still open widely.

Speaking about West Ham, not complete if you do not talk about Dimitri Payet. Besides Slaven Bilic, Payet is another reason behind outstanding performance of the London club.

His arrival was completely fit. Just when Slaven Bilic came and when the Premier League season let the players from the dark horse clubs to show off.

This season is Payet first season wearing the uniform of West Ham United. Which also means the first season in the Premier League.

As a new player and perform the new play, of course, it takes qualified mental and skill to play simply. And in fact, Payet is able to adapt well to the rigors of the Premier League. Even exceeding expectations.

Payet with The Hammers obviously not as popular as Mesut Ozil in Arsenal. Ozil is the world champion, and his name is well known in advance than Payet. It is too far to compare them.

Playing with The Hammers, which in fact the club from the City of London, inevitably make Payet compete directly with Mesut Ozil, Arsenal midfielder, another London clubs. And statistically, he lost much of the German midfielder. With eight assists, his collection still ten adrift of Ozil belonging.

However, statistics can not be used fully to assess the contribution of players. The Hammers fans even dared to mention that Payet better than Zinedine Zidane. And like Zidane, the Payet game's can not be judged from the statistics.

The latest evidence that he was able to seize the title of London Player Of The Year, an award for players who come from the London club. Remember, London. Which mean that he was competing with the kind of names like Harry Kane, Willian Borges, and the one and only, Mesut Ozil. This proves that good statistics does not guarantee the arrival of personal rewards, like Zidane and Payet.

The fun thing from Payet is his humble nature. He refused Known beyond the senior from France. He instead pointed Ronaldinho as his idol and role model in playing the ball. Even when he was selected as the best transfer in the Premier League, he would appoint N'golo Kante, who should get it. This is certainly different from the figure of Zlatan Ibrahimovic or Cristiano Ronaldo.

When viewed closely, his game did not resemble at all with Ronaldinho. But, certainly he is also able to bring West Ham, from a mediocre club into a big teams killer.

And perhaps if West Ham has a striker with class capacities like Harry Kane or Alexis Sanchez, assist contribution of Payet will also soar. It is noteworthy that Payet is the highest chances creator in Europe with 221.

His brightness at the club, in the end, and it should bring it to the French team. Last week he played with the national team to face the Netherlands (26/3) and Russia (30/3). And oddly enough, this is his first call in the past year. Amazingly, he introduced himself as one of the kings of free kicks at that time, with a goal he scored against Russia, two minutes after coming on. This tally was also a birthday gift.

The public of France may now be most grateful with the 29-year-old astonishing career performance. Even he is no longer young. He is at the peak of performance.

He came right when France needed a figure of a creative midfielder like him. He became a substitute fitting when Franck Ribery and Samir Nasri retire from the national team and Matthieu Valbuena being out of focus due to exposure to the sex video scandal involving him and Karim Benzema.

Moreover, the status of France as host of European Cup title, which would certainly not want just to ride through. The public definitely wants Les Blues to be one of champion candidate that counts by other contestants.

His Peak performance can make a team leader. At least in the attack line of France. Because the kind of young players like Paul Pogba, Antony Martial, and Antoine Griezmann, would require role models. So it is not an exaggeration to make it deserve to be called as the right man at the right time.