Michael Olise is a name that stood out in the Premier League last season and following his impressive campaign, two Premier League giants are considering activating his release clause.
According to Football Insider, Chelsea have a concrete interest in bringing their former youth star back to the club but will face competition from Premier League champions Man City.
The 21-year-old has a release clause in his current contract set at £35m and if both clubs activate it, the report states that Palace would be powerless in their attempts to keep the winger.
The Eagles have already lost Wilfried Zaha at the end of last season and it would be a big blow to lose another winger this summer.
No bid has yet gone in for Olise but if both clubs trigger the release clause, it will come down to the player to choose where he wants to go.
Pep Guardiola sees the Palace star as a potential replacement for Riyad Mahrez, who is expected to complete a move to Saudi Pro League outfit Al-Hilal in the coming weeks. As for Chelsea, the winger will join the many stars they already have in that position but would be a great option off of the right.
Palace got Olise to sign a new contract with the wrongly reported £35M release clause removed and so any sale when and if it came would be down to to the club and on their terms.
According to sources inside Palace, there is no release clause in the contract which kind of renders all these articles about him definitely leaving without any substance whatsoever.
You can’t keep a player if he wants to go.
You can if a team makes an offer triggering a non-existent release clause