Football fans were waiting for Michael Olise, and they weren’t disappointed! Already the author of an XXL preparation, with three goals scored in as many matches, including a magnificent achievement against the Dominican Republic, the number 10 of Thierry Henry’s French team struck hard to start the football tournament of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. The attacking midfielder didn’t succeed in everything, but he scored the second goal for the Blues with a sublime curling strike to contribute to the 3-0 victory against the United States, Wednesday evening at the Stade Vélodrome.
Michael Olise is a budding phenomenon at 22 years old, and this, on a European scale. He has just been recruited for 70 million euros by Bayern after finishing the season like a cannonball with Crystal Palace (10 goals and 6 assists in 19 matches). Before his deserved call-up for the Olympic Games from Thierry Henry, who follows the Premier League closely. However, Olise would have very well played Euro 2024 with England, he who was born in the suburbs of London (near Heathrow) to a Nigerian father and a French mother of Algerian origin.
Didier Deschamps after Thierry Henry?
Michael Akpovie Olise is a product of Chelsea’s Academy (also passing through Arsenal and Manchester City), but opted for Reading, where he began his Championship career in 2019. Due to this non-linear path, Olise was spotted by the FFF and was called up to the French U18s for the Maurice Revello International Espoirs Festival (ex-Toulon Festival) in 2019. He was also approached by his mother’s country of origin, showing an interest in representing the Greens, without going any further.
In short, Didier Deschamps will have to hurry to summon this new sensation of European football, especially if the left-footed Monte explodes everything during this Olympic football tournament. The future England coach, for his part, could try his luck… Olise also joins a Munich group composed of many French players, Dayot Upamecano, Sacha Boey, Raphaël Guerreiro, Kingsley Coman and Mathys Tel. But, chance or coincidence, he will also find a compatriot, the certain captain of the Three Lions, Harry Kane.
