Football
Payet leads stars who forced transfer showdown
10 years agoOlympique de Marseille's French forward Dimitri Payet celebrates at the end of the French Cup football match between Marseille and Lyon, on January 31, 2017 at the Velodrome stadium in Marseille, southern France. / AFP PHOTO / ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT
Dimitri Payet and Leonardo Ulloa led industrial action by European stars to force a transfer and top clubs may have no choice but to grin and bear the battle.