Crystal Palace winger Michael Olise has been named in France’s Under-21 squad. The teenager will link-up with the Bleuets at Under-21 level for the first time in his career after a sensational season so far in south London.
Since arriving at Palace in summer, the English-born winger of Nigerian descent has scored four goals and earned seven assists from 25 appearances, winning the club’s Player of the Month award twice.
He will be in contention to face the Faroe Islands on March 24th and Northern Ireland on March 28th. Both games will be played in Calais.
Olise’s current international experience comes from a spell with France Under-18s, with whom he played twice. The 19-year-old is eligible to represent Les Bleus, England, Nigeria and Algeria
Olise was born in England to a Nigerian father and French-Algerian mother, and is eligible to represent France, Algeria, England or Nigeria internationally. On 27 May 2019, he was called up to the France U18 for the 2019 Toulon Tournament.
The promising attacker made his debut on 2 June 2019, against Qatar U23.
