Crystal Palace fans will be relieved to hear that Mohamed Salah is leaving Liverpool at the end of the season.
The Egypt international has previously netted nine goals and recorded five assists in 18 appearances against the Eagles – winning 11 and drawing three of those games as he usually causes us headaches.
In total, Salah can boast a remarkable record of 255 goals and 122 assists in 435 games for Liverpool.
A record that impressive means the Reds need to find a proper replacement, and BILD in Germany now believe a £173m move for Michael Olise is the plan – a deal which would benefit Crystal Palace financially.
15% Michael Olise sell-on clause could be part of a British record transfer
The German news outlet believe Liverpool are willing to spend £173m on the France international this summer as a replacement for Salah.
Michael Olise with a UEFA Champions League Man of the Match award
Photo by Chris Ricco – UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images
Such a fee would represent a new British transfer record, which Liverpool broke twice last summer when spending £116m on Florian Wirtz and then £130m on Alexander Isak.
It would also bank Steve Parish a sum of £26m to reinvest at Selhurst Park.
The Sun believe Crystal Palace inserted a 15% sell-on clause when selling Olise to Bayern Munich in a £50m move back in July 2024. It is unclear whether that means 15% of the entire fee in the event of a sale or just the profit beyond that £50m sum.
However, if Parish did manage to negotiate 15% of the entire fee from any sale, a £173m move to Liverpool would bring £26m to SE25 – potentially one of the largest sums Crystal Palace have ever made. It would even be £6m more than Marc Guehi was sold to Manchester City for.
Of course, a lot still needs to happen for this deal to materialise, with Olise – who Joel Ward felt was even better than Wilfried Zaha for Crystal Palace – now among the best footballers on the planet.
The Frenchman can incredibly boast 16 goals and 27 assists in 39 appearances so far this season.
However, if the £173m move does materialise, Crystal Palace will be laughing all the way to the bank.