{"id":11809,"date":"2026-05-22T17:33:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11809"},"modified":"2026-05-22T17:33:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T17:33:05","slug":"michael-olise-to-liverpool-transfer-rumours-played-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=11809","title":{"rendered":"Michael Olise to Liverpool transfer rumours played down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>Michael Olise celebrating Bayern Munich&#8217;s Bundesliga win (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool may reportedly have made a bid for the transfer of Bayern Munich star Michael Olise, but Christian Falk says he\u2019s unconvinced.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Writing in his latest exclusive column for CF Bayern Insider, Falk played down the prospect of Bayern letting Olise go, even for as much as \u00a3147m.<\/p>\n<p>The France international has been in world class form this season, contributing 22 goals and 25 assists to help Bayern win the Bundesliga title again.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL CAUGHTOFFSIDE APP FOR ALL THE LATEST &#038; BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON <span role=\"presentation\"><u>APPLE<\/u><\/span> &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>GOOGLE PLAY<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say, Olise looks like the perfect profile of player to replace Mohamed Salah at Liverpool, but it\u2019s also very hard to see it happening.<\/p>\n<h2>Michael Olise to Liverpool transfer rumours not true<\/h2>\n<p>Discussing the recent transfer rumours, Falk suggested he didn\u2019t think it was true that LFC had made a bid for Olise, and even if they did, Bayern would just tell them to keep their money.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cTo be honest, Bayern don\u2019t care about any potential outside interest in Michael Olise. He\u2019s not for sale,\u201d Falk wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Want more CaughtOffside coverage? Add us as a <\/i><\/b><b><i><span draggable=\"true\">preferred source on Google<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i>  to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSpanish outlet Fichajes reported that Liverpool could come to the table with a <\/span><span>\u20ac170m (\u00a3147m) bid \u2013 but I don\u2019t think it\u2019s true! Even if it was on the money, Bayern Munich would say, \u2018Keep your money, and we\u2019ll keep Olise\u2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It sounds like there\u2019s not much to this story, so Liverpool fans would probably do well not to get their hopes up over what would admittedly be a superb signing.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-stories std-mgn-b\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<header class=\"col-s-12 std-mgn-t\">More Stories \/ <span class=\"topic\">Latest News<\/span><\/header>\n<div class=\"post-container col-s-4\">\n<p>\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"img-cntr\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1495\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COS-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-67-1.jpg\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-1659584 lazyload\" alt=\"Vincent Kompany and Harry Kane\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/COS-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-67-1-190x114.jpg 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