Michael Owen predicts Liverpool v West Ham

“From my point of view there is no money in the world that we would let him go for”, Bilic said ahead of his team’s FA Cup fourth-round tie with Liverpool on Sunday.

“But we are moving to a new stadium and we are talking and acting like we are going to try to go upwards as a club”.

He is now the one of the best players in the Premier League but just too long ago Dimitri Payet was working a shop keeper in France.

His £10 million fee now looks a snip for a player West Ham manager Bilic compares with another Upton Park favourite – their former maverick forward Paolo Di Canio. I think the last player that made such a big, big impact in no time was Di Canio.

Liverpool were 5-4 winners over Norwich City in the Premier League last weekend but have suffered defeats against the likes of Watford and West Ham United in recent weeks. “He was doing the things he’s doing for us last year, and the year before – that’s why we got him”. “He is our player, we want him to stay and he’s staying”. He’s a really good professional, he does not skip training and he’s motivated in training.

The Sun is reporting that Charlton Athletic have won the race to sign Reece Oxford on a loan deal, which will run until the end of the season.

Bilic revealed that a potential move for striker Emmanuel Emenike has been complicated by the fact that West Ham must negotiate with both Al Ain, where Emenike is on loan, and his parent club Fenerbahce.

Ultimately West Ham keeping Payet will help to attract other top players to the club, because of his quality, and because of what that represents.