Former Crystal Palace star Michael Olise has been a revelation at Bayern Munich, and he’s been heavily linked with a summer move to Liverpool. Liverpool target Michael Olise in worry for Bayern Munich The task facing Liverpool this summer is enormous.
Mohamed Salah, the greatest player in the club’s modern era, has confirmed his departure after nine years and 255 goals at Anfield.
Replacing him was never going to be simple, but replacing him on a tighter budget than last summer — when FSG spent a record £450m in what senior Anfield figures described as doing three windows in one — makes it harder still.
FSG are working overtime to identify the right candidate, with the shortlist pulling together some of the most exciting wide players in world football.
Yan Diomande of RB Leipzig has emerged as a top target for Liverpool, the 19-year-old Ivorian having lit up the Bundesliga with 10 goals and six assists in 26 league games.
Liverpool’s contacts with Diomande’s representatives have been described as almost daily by some, though Leipzig’s asking price of around £87m is considered excessive and could prove a stumbling block.
Liverpool identify £87m Tottenham star as new target to replace Anfield legend By Emilio Galantini At the very top of Liverpool’s wish list, however, sits a player who has proven Premier League pedigree.
Olise has been sensational since leaving Crystal Palace for Bayern Munich in the summer of 2024, and the numbers he has put together in the Allianz Arena make a compelling case for why Liverpool want him so desperately.
In the Bundesliga alone this season, the 24-year-old has registered 11 goals and 19 assists in 25 appearances this season — leading the entire league for assists.
Across all competitions this campaign, he has been directly involved in 43 goals in 39 matches.
He is left-footed, devastating on the right wing, and fits the Salah mould more closely than almost anyone else available.
Michael Olise makes Liverpool transfer stance clear Liverpool’s problem, the I Paper and journalist Pete Hall have been told, lies not with Bayern’s mammoth £100 million asking price but with the player himself.
The report lists Olise as an option being considered by Liverpool’s hierarchy, though the Frenchman isn’t agitating to leave Bavaria for Merseyside.
Bayern Munich’s Kingsley Coman, Bayern Munich’s Dayot Upamecano, Bayern Munich’s Michael Olise and Bayern Munich’s Joshua Kimmich Olise is apparently very happy at Bayern Munich, and under Vincent Kompany, who has built one of the most exciting attacking units in European football, the Frenchman is thriving — and doubts remain about whether he would be willing to leave Bavaria now, regardless of whether Liverpool come calling.
Bayern’s sporting director Max Eberl has been equally blunt in public, confirming the club view him as unsellable and that his contract, which runs until 2029, contains no release clause.
TEAMtalk’s Graeme Bailey added further detail, claiming that when Olise does eventually leave Munich, Spain is the most likely destination — with Real Madrid and Barcelona the preferred options.
A move to the Premier League, and to Liverpool specifically, is not understood to be high on his personal list of priorities. Liverpool will keep trying to find Salah’s heir, but the gap between their interest and Olise’s own ambitions may prove harder to bridge than any transfer fee.
PSG’s Bradley Barcola, Desire Doue, Nico Williams and Francisco Conceicao have all been mentioned as alternatives by various sources.
