After shining at the 2026 World Cup with 7 assists on the clock – but a poor performance during the elimination in the semi-finals against Spain (0-2) – Michael Olise will return from vacation to play a second season with Bayern. The Blues playmaker has been fixed for a few hours: he will not be the subject of the biggest transfer in the history of Real Madrid.
President Florentino Pérez had obviously decided to pay a historic sum to roll out the red carpet for Olise, promising up to 150 million euros to Bayern Munich. Enough to beat Real’s recruitment record ahead of Jude Bellingham, another native of England. In the middle of the World Cup, the London-born left-hander was determined to sign for the Merengues and his teammates Kylian Mbappé and Aurélien Tchouaméni even described the situation at Casa Blanca at length. This was without taking into account the intransigence of Bayern, who would have set the starting price of their best chance creator at 200 million.
A young Bundesliga crack rather than Olise
A few days later, Real suddenly switched to another Bundesliga crack, but much less confirmed: Yan Diomandé. The 19-year-old Ivorian winger, author of impressive performances during the World Cup with the Elephants (after his 15 goals and 11 assists during the season with Leipzig), was the priority of Liverpool and PSG recently. He even gave his agreement to the Parisian leaders for a five-year contract but Luis Campos never made an offer to RB Leipzig, who demanded 130 million euros for his supersonic striker.
It was in the space of a few hours that Real put together the recruitment of Diomandé, who could be the perfect talent to occupy the right wing of José Mourinho’s attack. After a first offer was refused, as revealed by Fabrizio Romano, the Spanish juggernaut is negotiating the final details of a deal amounting to 120 million euros including bonuses, according to Foot Mercato. A huge added value for the RBL, which recruited the new Ivorian phenomenon for 20 million last year from… Leganés, another Madrid club. Real considered that the arrival of Michael Olise was too complicated. The activation of plan B was dazzling.
