Manchester united and chelsea are reportedly vying for crystal palace’s signature during this summer’s transfer window, according to reports. The future of the 22-year-old is currently the subject of much speculation, with a recent report claiming that sir jim ratcliffe, the new minority shareholder, is determined to bring him to man united this summer. Chelsea also attempted to sign olise in 2023, but the defender was eventually accepted a new deal at selhurst park, with his new terms set to run until the end of the 2026-27 season.
However, there is a rumored release clause in his deal this summer, and palace is expected to lose him due to the amount of interest. Liverpool and man city have been keeping an eye on olise’s progress in recent weeks, with the two teams preparing to compete for his services at man united and chelsea. the france under-21s international was unable to play in the first months of the season due to a hamstring injury, but he has five goals and one assist in his last nine premier league appearances. In palace’s 3-1 win over the bees in the league on december 30, olise netted a brace, and he now has 11 goals and 20 assists in 80 games since arriving from reading in july 2021. During his youth career, the attacker played for arsenal, chelsea, and man city before moving to reading, and he went on to play for their first team 73 times, scoring seven goals and registering 14 assists. However, palace head coach roy hodgson revealed that he had picked up another hamstring injury ahead of thursday’s fa cup match against everton. Michael olise had to come off right at the end of the game against brentford, as you can imagine. With the last sprint of the game, he felt his hamstring. He will not play in this game, according to hodgson during his press conference.
We’ll have to nurse him through and hope he recovers as soon as possible. How long is he out? I’m afraid i won’t be able to answer that one.” It was “another small setback,” hodgson said, but there are fears that due to the nature of the situation, he could now face another long break. Olise’s release clause was estimated to be £35 million last summer, but it is understood that the buy-out fee, which will be much more at the end of this campaign, will be substantial more. Securing champions league football for next season could play a vital role in which club wins the chase for the attacker, and man united and chelsea will face big battles to claim top-level european action for the 2024-25 season.
