Dimitri Payet has tried to force through a move before - but how did that one play out?

During his time at Saint-Etienne, Payet tried to force through a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain - and even called out his employers at the time

Dimitri Payet warms up (Photo: Action Images via Reuters)
Dimitri Payet has asked to leave West Ham- but it isn't the first time the Frenchman has tried to force a move.
The Frenchman only signed a new deal with the club in February, worth a whopping

Graham Taylor's greatest achievement was turning Watford into an oasis of safety in an era of hooliganism

Taylor was responsible for one of sport's truly remarkable feel-good stories.

Graham Taylor won the 1999 Play-Off final with Watford (Photo: Rex Features)
Graham Taylor, the former England manager, who masterminded Watford's fairytale rise to prominence, has died, aged 72.
There is a stand named after Taylor at Vicarage Road – and at Saturday's home game with

The world's 30 most marketable sports stars revealed - and Cristiano Ronaldo is only EIGHTH

Four footballers and eight NBA stars but only three Brits and two women make the Sports Marketing Power List

Roger Federer made more from endorsements last year than any other athlete in the world (Photo: REUTERS)
Roger Federer is the most marketable star in world sport, while Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo only ranked

Arsenal stars give the Denver Nuggets a tour of the Emirates ahead of upcoming NBA Global Games

The Nuggets take on the Indiana Pacers in London later this month and took a break from practice to visit north London where they were given a tour by Per Mertesacker, Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding

Denver are in London for the upcoming Global Games (Photo: NBAE via Getty Images)
Arsenal's players have given the Denver Nuggets a tour of the Emirates ahead of the NBA Global Games.
Each member on the roster turned

Riyad Mahrez beats Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sadio Mane to African Player of the Year as Arsenal's Alex Iwobi lands the Youth prize

The Confederation of African Football revealed that Mahrez had polled 361 votes to beat last year's winner, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Riyad Mahrez was crowned African Footballer of the Year (Photo: AFP/Getty)
Leicester winger, Riyad Mahrez has capped the most successful period of his career by winning the

Statistics show Arsenal's Olivier Giroud has been the most effective attacking player in Europe this season

This is not an opinion, Arsenal fans - this is cold, hard fact. We have the data to prove it

Prepare to salute Olivier Giroud's statty brilliance (Photo: Arsenal FC/Getty/PA Wire)
No Premier League player polarises opinion like Olivier Giroud.
Even among