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Michael Olise has signed a new four-year contract with Crystal Palace FC.
Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parish wrote on social media: “I’m absolutely delighted to announce [Michael Olise] has decided to commit his future to Crystal Palace football club and this afternoon signed a new four year deal with the club.”
Manager Roy Hodgson added, “It’s the best possible news we could have. I had been concerned – it’s always concerning when a club of Chelsea’s stature take interest in a player, and people will suggest that a move to them might be the best bet.”
“I had always hoped that wouldn’t be the case and that Michael would realise that at such a young age his future here is very bright, and we can help him move very quickly on to another level.”
“I am delighted for the club, and I must congratulate Steve Parish and Dougie Freedman on the fantastic job they have done in persuading him that, even though there was pressure from outside, ‘this is your place and this is where we think you will progress in the right way and develop in the right way’.”
After four goals and nine assists in 31 games in his debut season with Crystal Palace, 2022/23 saw Olise go from strength to strength in a red and blue shirt.
His first goal of the season was a 94th-minute winner against London rivals West Ham United at the London Stadium in November 2022, later voted the club’s Moment of the Season.
Olise then followed this up with a last-minute equalising free-kick against Manchester United in January 2023, which won the Premier League Goal of the Month award and the club’s Goal of the Season award, and ended the campaign being voted Players’ Player of the Season.
No Under-21s player in Europe’s top five leagues provided more assists last season than Olise’s total of 11, and he will look to add to that with Palace when he recovers from a long-term injury sustained with France Under-21s in the summer of 2023.
