Dimitri Payet is willing to take a pay-cut of around 30% to join Olympique Marseille.

The French playmaker is keen to leave West Ham United this month to return to the club he departed for East London in the summer of 2015.

While a deal has not yet been agreed upon, it is understood that talks are ongoing and Payet is expected to leave the London Stadium for the Stade Velodrome once the two clubs sort out a suitable transfer fee.

Nevertheless, Payet is desperate to return to his homeland as his wife and children have struggled to adjust to life in the English capital, according to Sky Sportsreporter Kaveh Solhekol.

He told Sky: "I have just been speaking to someone who was involved in those talks.

"The first thing to make clear is that Dimitri Payet has nothing against West Ham, he has nothing against the club's fans, he has nothing against the other players in the squad or the manager Slaven Bilic.

"By moving to Marseille he will be taking a considerable pay cut. This is nothing to do with money. Dimitri Payet is not being greedy. At the moment he is being paid around £125,000-a-week by West Ham. My understanding is that if he goes to Marseille he will be taking a 30 per cent pay cut, he will being paid less than £100,000-a-week.

"The reason he wants to move back to France is simply that his wife and three young children have not settled in England, they are struggling to adapt to life in London. He has also turned down massive offers to go to China and he has also turned down expressions of interest from other clubs in England. He just wants to go home because his family has not settled here.

"He knows the fans are finding it difficult to understand why he wants to return to France, but he hopes they can find it in their hearts to understand that he wants to go back for family reasons."