When Michael Olise was at Crystal Palace last summer, he had to two quality options for transfers — Bayern Munich and Chelsea FC.
If Olise had been willing to accept one of Chelsea’s newly structured deals for young players, he might very well be wearing blue these days per The Daily Telegraph’s Sam Wallace (via Chelsea News):
The Daily Telegraph’s Chief Football Writer Sam Wallace has today done an interesting piece on the progress Chelsea are making this season.
It’s an appropriate time for it – the Blues can go top of the league today with a win over Everton at Goodison Park. He points to an incredible sliding doors moment last summer, which could have changed things dramatically. As he notes, had the FA not charged Lucas Paqueta, the West Ham midfielder would have moved to Man City. That would have given West Ham the money to buy Cole Palmer from City to replace him.
It was a deal that Palmer was willing to accept – his alternative was a loan to Burnley. Meanwhile at Chelsea, a deal for Michael Olise fell through because the then Crystal Palace player “was not prepared to accept the newly structured contracts being offered to young talent at Chelsea.”
Olise, of course, has acclimated quite well at Bayern Munich — and is getting paid better, so it all worked out the Frenchman in the end.
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