Premier League: Palace winger Olise moves to Bayern Munich

Crystal Palace prima Michael Olise has moved to Bayern Munich for a reported interest of much than £50m.

The France under-21 world – who was calved successful London to a French-Algerian mother – made 90 appearances for nan Eagles aft joining from Reading successful 2021, scoring 16 goals and assisting 25 more.

Thank you to everyone astatine @cpfc. Thankful for nan travel that one went done arsenic a subordinate astatine this nine and nan emotion that everyone has shown maine since time one. Thanks to each nan staff, players and particularly to each nan fans that person supported maine sick beryllium everlastingly grateful❤️💙

— Michael Olise (@MichaelOlise10) July 7, 2024

The 22-year-old had younker spells pinch Chelsea, Arsenal and Man City earlier joining nan Royals Academy successful 2018, making his debut his debut 8 months later and signing a three-year woody successful July 2019.

He was crowned EFL Young Player of nan Season successful 2020/21 earlier making an £8m move to Selhurst Park.

Chelsea and Newcastle were linked pinch nan winger this summertime but he has opted to move to Germany connected a five-year woody and will play nether caller Bayern leader Vincent Kompany.

🔴 FC Bayern nimmt Michael Olise unter Vertrag ⚪

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— FC Bayern München (@FCBayern) July 7, 2024

Olise told nan Bayern website: “The talks pinch FC Bayern were very positive, and I’m very happy to now beryllium playing for specified a large club.

“It’s a awesome challenge, and that’s precisely what I was looking for. I want to beryllium myself astatine this level and play my portion successful ensuring that we triumph arsenic galore titles arsenic imaginable pinch our squad successful nan coming years.”

Max Eberl, Bayern committee personnel for athletics said: “Michael is simply a subordinate who tin make nan quality and attracted awesome liking pinch his style of play.

“We want caller impetus successful our team, caller energy, caller ideas – that’s what players for illustration Michael guidelines for.

“During nan talks, he quickly signalled that he really wanted to subordinate FC Bayern. We’re very overmuch looking guardant to him. He will enrich our game.”

Sporting head Christoph Freund added: “Michael is quick, tricky, a extremity threat and very versatile successful attack. His goals and assists stats are already outstanding.

“At nan property of 22, Michael is already very advanced, but is besides quiet and still has a batch of potential. Fans travel to nan stadium to spot players for illustration him.”

It's been a pleasure, Michael ❤️💙

We tin corroborate that Michael Olise has completed a imperishable transportation to Bayern Munich.

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) July 7, 2024

Chairman Steve Parish told nan Palace website: “We are hugely proud of what Michael has achieved astatine Crystal Palace, a nine wherever he has developed greatly arsenic a player.

“We respect his desire to further trial himself astatine nan highest level of world football, and I would for illustration to personally wish him nan very champion for his adjacent escapade pinch Bayern Munich successful Germany which I’m judge we will each travel closely.”

Olise is successful nan France squad to play successful nan Olympics successful Paris starting later this month.

Bayern are besides closing successful connected nan seizure of Fulham’s Portugal midfielder Joao Palhinha successful a woody worthy £42m-plus.