Dimitri Payet has told West Ham he wants to leave and has gone on strike, Slaven Bilic has revealed.

Sportsmail's exclusive pictures show Payet leaving the Hammers' Rush Green training ground on Thursday afternoon in his Ferrari 458 Speciale, worth £208,000, after he refused to train with the first team.

The 29-year-old let Bilic know at the start of the January transfer window that he wants to be sold – despite having only signed a new five-year deal last February worth £125,000 a week.

It made Payet the best-paid player in the history of the club but Bilic, who insists he will not sell the West Ham superstar, believes he is being ‘tapped up’ by other clubs.

Dimitri Payet departs the West Ham training ground on Thursday in his Ferrari 458 Speciale

The France international left Rush Green, without training, in his sports car worth £208,000

Slaven Bilic revealed Payet wants to leave West Ham in the January transfer window

Hammers boss Bilic has stated his belief that his star player is being 'tapped up' by other clubs

The France international is seemingly on strike at the club and refusing to train with the squad

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Sportsmail knows that Payet was in France last week and super-rich Paris Saint-Germain are among those to have been linked with the player.

A return to his former club Marseille could be on the cards, with the French club bankrolled by new owner Frank McCourt, a US billionaire. They are the leading club in the race to sign him at the moment and would jump at the chance to have him back.

It is understood Payet would like to go back to France for personal reasons.

Payet was at the Hammers' Rush Green training ground on Thursday - his Ferrari standing out in the car park among the other vehicles - but he was not taking part in drills with the first team.

'Let’s get serious,’ Bilic said. ‘I’ve got something for you. I have a situation with a player. It is Dimitri Payet. He wants to leave.

‘We do not want to sell him. We have said hundreds of times that we do not want to sell our best players. We want to keep them.

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‘He is definitely one of them, our best player. That’s why we gave him such a long contract. I phoned him with that (information). He has refused to play for us.

‘So I have a team to manage and he is probably being tapped up by some clubs or whatever, which is usually in this part of the year in the transfer window.

‘Until he changes his attitude he is out of the team. He ain’t going to train with us. We ain’t going to sell him. Not whatsoever. It’s not a money issue.

‘We want to keep our best players and I expect him to come back and to show commitment and determination to the team. Like the team has shown to him.

The Croatian manager said he feels let down and is angry at the actions of the West Ham star

Payet tweeted a year ago he was proud to play for the Hammers and saw his future at the club

Bilic took training at Rush Green on Thursday but Payet did not join the other players

West Ham players set off on a warm-up run during their training session, without Payet

Bilic insists that they will not sell their 29-year-old talisman before the transfer window shuts

Angelo Ogbonna and Andy Caroll were in high spirits despite the bombshell dropped by Payet

PAYET'S CLUB CAREER AS Excelsior (2004-05): 36 games, 12 goals Nantes (2005-07): 34 games, 5 goals Saint-Etienne (2007-11): 148 games, 25 goals Lille (2011-13): 94 games, 19 goals Marseille (2013-15): 83 games, 15 goals West Ham (2015-): 60 games, 15 goals TOTAL: 454 games, 91 goals Advertisement

‘We want to keep our best players.’

Asked who he feels has tapped him up, Bilic said: ‘I don’t know. Ask him. I don’t know.

‘It started 10 days ago, when the window started. I spoke to the club, I spoke to the chairmen, it’s not a money issue. We want to keep him.’

Payet signed for West Ham from Marseille for £10.7m in June 2015 and was nominated for the PFA Players' Player of the Year award in his first season.

Bilic said: ‘I feel angry. This team, the boys, the staff, we gave him everything. We were always there for him. Of course I am feeling let down and angry.

‘I am disappointed. I can understand that the players are being tapped up by the clubs. He is not the first or the last but the team gave him everything.

Payet signed a new deal last February making him the highest paid player in Hammers history

‘I have to look after my team who are very committed. I cannot let it happen. No way.

‘We have to fill that hole. We have to fill it. Let’s be honest, Dimitri Payet, when he is in that form, of course we will put another player there but it is hard to replace his quality.

‘We will put a player there who has the character, the desire and the quality to help us replace him.’