Soccer Football - UEFA Champions League - Pafos v Bayern Munich - Alphamega Stadium, Kolossi, Cyprus - September 30, 2025 Bayern Munich's Michael Olise celebrates scoring their fifth goal REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou
Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester City are all chasing Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise. The ex-Crystal Palace man joined Bayern in the summer of 2024 and has impressed during his short stint in Germany.
He scored 20 goals and provided 23 assists in 55 games in his debut season as Bayern reclaimed the Bundesliga crown. He is already off to a flying start this season, with five goals and six assists across all competitions.
He scored a goal and added two assists during Bayern’s 5-1 thrashing of Pafos in Tuesday’s Champions League match, keeping his good form going. The German champions paid €53m for his services a year ago and German publication Bild has reported that he could now be worth nearly double that.
Bild reports that Liverpool, Chelsea, and Manchester City are all interested in the 23-year-old and would be willing to pay €100m for his signature next summer. Liverpool were previously heavily linked to the player as a potential long term successor to Mohamed Salah.
Bayern now want to extend Olise’s contract in an attempt to pre-empt this interest.
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Olise’s current deal expires in June 2029 and reportedly includes a release clause that activates next summer. Bayern are keen to increase the player’s wage and remove the clause, tying him down until 2031. French champions PSG are also understood to be keen on the player.
The France international earned rave reviews from Bayern Munich President Herbert Hainer who praised the player’s impact since joining the club: “A year ago, Michael Olise was still a relatively unknown quantity – today, the whole world knows him. Signing him has proven to be a real coup, and he has made the step up to the international elite at FC Bayern within a very short time.”
“He is one of the faces of the new FC Bayern, and we hope he will remain so for a long time to come.”
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