Michael Olise: From Reading to the World Cup 1 day ago Tim Dellor BBC Radio Berkshire "He pitched up here after rejection from Chelsea and Man City
Now he's playing for France in the quarter finals of the World Cup and is a potential Ballon d'Or winner." Michael Olise's rise from the Reading U15 team to global super-stardom hasn't surprised Brendan Flanagan, head of academy recruitment at the club. "Michael was a special talent
At the beginning of the under-15 season when he had just come in, he was a unique player, a freak of nature, the sort of player you're trying to find." Off the back of a season in which Olise recorded 25 goals and 28 assists for Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich, his success at the World Cup was predictable