On June 22nd, Sky Sports dropped the bombshell confirming a €60m transfer agreement between Bayern Munich and Crystal Palace for French winger, Michael Olise.
Since the agreement between the Bavarian and London based clubs, the transfer has reached a bottleneck, causing Bayern fans to fret over a rumoured transfer hijack from Manchester United.
Transfer expert, Fabrizio Romano (as captured by @iMiaSanMia), has detailed the reason for the delay in getting the transfer over the line:
When Bayern triggered Michael Olise’s release clause, Crystal Palace informed them of an important detail, which is that the English club has a sell-on clause of around 10-15% as part of the agreement for the release clause. That’s why the deal took some time to be completed. Now everything has been settled between Bayern and Palace – just waiting to exchange the documents, undergo the medical (on Sunday) and sign the contract. Despite reports of clubs trying to hijack the deal, they knew it was impossible because Olise wanted to go to Bayern.
Anyone holding their breath over Olise’s transfer collapsing can exhale and be certain the 22-year-old Frenchman will officially be a Bayern Munich player (possibly as soon as Sunday).
Michael Olise will sign his contract at Bayern after medical on Sunday, plan confirmed.
Deal valid until June 2029 already being reviewed on player’s camp side. pic.twitter.com/Tfm9kIaJ9D
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 6, 2024
Olise will join an already crowded winger roster with Leroy Sané, Kingsley Coman, Serge Gnabry, Matthys Tel and Bryan Zaragoza. The attacking depth will certainly be welcomed in an injury plagued Bayern side, but it seems like just a matter of time before Bayern see one of their own wingers depart.
What do you think of Michael Olise to Bayern Munich? Is he an upgrade on Coman and Gnabry? Who will be the first Bayern winger to leave?
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