Bayern Reject Madrid's Interest in Michael Olise
Real Madrid’s presidential race is already throwing up grand promises and eye‑catching numbers, but one name is being firmly pulled out of the conversation in Munich: Michael Olise.
While Florentino Perez talks openly of a €150 million move for a “superstar on a par with Cristiano Ronaldo”, Bayern’s hierarchy is making it equally clear that their own rising star is going nowhere.
Back in April, sporting director Max Eberl cut through the noise with a blunt message to any suitors circling around Säbener Straße. “No, quite simply: no. We have a long-term project, and Michael is happy here.”
That stance has not shifted.
Olise’s contract with the German champions runs until 2029, and Bayern have him locked in as a pillar of their future. The 24‑year‑old is not pushing for a move, not flirting with Madrid, not even entertaining the idea of a change of scenery at this stage of his career.
The speculation, though, refused to die down.
Rumours of a release clause bubbled up last season, with talk that a club with Madrid’s financial muscle could simply buy him out of his deal. Eberl moved quickly to stamp that out. Speaking to 11Freunde last October, he made a point of using Olise as the counter‑argument to claims Bayern were losing ground in the transfer market.
“What I feel is being overlooked in this discussion,” he said, “is that, in Michael Olise, we have signed a professional from Crystal Palace who has a contract with us until 2029 – without a release clause – and is on his way to becoming one of the world's best players.”
No small statement. No small belief in what Bayern think they have.
Even so, the whispers persisted into late summer. When Christopher Freund was pressed again about any potential exit mechanism at the end of August, the sporting director chose to stay behind the usual wall of confidentiality: “As a matter of principle, we never discuss the contents of contracts.”
The message between the lines was familiar: Bayern will decide when Olise leaves, not a clause and not a rival club.
That matters, because in Madrid the rhetoric has been dialled up.
Perez, eyeing another term at the Bernabéu, has already promised to launch a huge bid for a marquee forward. “On Tuesday, I will table a substantial offer to a leading Champions League club for a player who would deliver the biggest transfer in Madrid's history. At least €150 million,” he declared, framing the move as an urgent priority.
The numbers are historic. The profile is galáctico. But the target list, at least from Perez’s own mouth, no longer includes Olise.
The Madrid president has already knocked down rival candidate Enrique Riquelme’s claim that a deal for a star striker is done, and while he continues to pursue Erling Haaland, he has been categorical about several other names. Olise, Jeremy Doku and Harry Kane are all off his agenda. Any raid on FC Barcelona is ruled out as well.
So the picture is clear. Bayern have no interest in selling. Olise has no active desire to leave. Madrid, for now, are looking elsewhere.
Little wonder Bayern are digging in. Olise arrived from Crystal Palace in the summer for €53 million and instantly justified the outlay. In a window of mixed returns, he was the one new signing who hit the ground running, delivering 22 goals and 31 assists in 52 appearances across all competitions.
Those are not just promising numbers; they are the output of a player already operating at an elite level, with the ceiling still rising.
For Bayern, that is the profile you build around, not cash in on. For Madrid’s election trail, it is one less fantasy to sell.
The bidding war will move on. The posters and promises in Madrid will feature other faces. Olise’s future, for now, remains painted in Bayern red, not Madrid white.
