Slaven Bilic, the West Ham United manager, is confident Dimitri Payet will not leave the club in January.

The France international caused a stir earlier in November when he said he “closed the door to nothing” amid rumours of interest from Paris Saint-Germain.

But Bilic has no plans to hold talks with the 29-year-old midfielder, who has scored two goals and made five assists this season, and is convinced Payet is going nowhere.

“I read it but he said nothing major,” said Bilic. “He said he didn’t want to close the door to something, he didn’t say ‘I want to leave’ in January or June or whatever so let’s not make a big issue.

“I’m quite relaxed. We are not going to talk about it particularly but with every big player there are a lot of rumours and interest. So I don’t have to talk to him about it.”

Of more pressing concern to Bilic is Payet performing against Tottenham on Saturday evening.

West Ham are languishing in 17th place after just three wins this season and could do with their talisman recapturing last season’s form against the meanest defence in the Premier League.

“In every game you need your characters to show their qualities, no matter if it is to defend, to fight, to tackle and win second balls or create something special and win games for you,” Bilic added.

“We need him a lot in every game, especially when you are playing against a defence that has conceded so far the fewest goals in the Premier League.

“Of course you need something special to score against them and you are expecting your best players to do it.”

Bilic has added striker Diafra Sakho to his squad for the first time this season following a back injury, but captain Mark Noble is suspended.