West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet has thanked his team-mates for their help and assistance during the course of his time so far at Upton Park.

Payet moved to the club from French outfit Marseille at the start of the season and has since enjoyed an impressive year with the Hammers.




During the course of his stay, the French international has managed an overall 38 appearances for the club scoring 12 goals and has also provided his team-mates with 15 assists.

His contribution has not gone unnoticed with the player being voted into the PFA Premier League Team of the Year.
 


The 29-year-old insists that it is fantastic for him to have been voted into the team and he cannot help but thank his team-mates for having helped him in settling in and having confidence in him.  

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"It has been a magnificent first year and looking back at the results I’ve had for club and country it has been really fantastic and also these individual accolades are also lovely to receive", Payet told his club's official website.

"I would also like to thank all my team-mates, the staff here, the coaching staff, the medical staff were fantastic when I was injured and of course the fans, there’s a lot of love there and they’ve really encouraged me and helped me to settle in.

"Of course it is fantastic to receive recognition from fellow players and, on top of that, it’s in the hardest league in the world so it is a really great feeling and I feel very honoured.

"Even though it is a personal award I still want to share it with my team-mates because the fact that I have won it is down to their help and the fact that they have had confidence in me."

Payet is now training with the French national team for  Euro 2016, which gets under way from 10th June.