Man United 'to hold concrete talks with Crystal Palace star in coming weeks'
The Red Devils were torn to shreds in a 4-0 beatdown on the Eagles' Selhurst Park turf on Monday evening, where France Under-21 international Michael Olise scored a brace.
The former Reading attacker firstly benefitted from shocking Man United defending to open the scoring, receiving Daniel Munoz's throw-in just inside the United half, skipping past Casemiro and firing low into the bottom corner as the visitors' defence backed off.
The Munoz-Olise combination also worked a treat in the second half, as the former robbed the dilly-dallying Casemiro of the ball close to the Red Devils' box and laid off Olise, who fired a stunning strike past Andre Onana.
The 22-year-old's outing against Man United was just his 17th appearance of an injury-hit season, but he has directly contributed to 13 goals in that time, nine of his own and four assists.
Olise 'open to Man United move'A move to Chelsea appeared to be on the cards last summer when the Blues triggered the release clause in his previous contract, but Olise ended up snubbing the West London giants and agreed new terms with the Eagles.
The France Under-21 international is now contracted to Oliver Glasner's side until the summer of 2027, although his terms reportedly still include a release clause of around £60m.
According to journalist Fabrizio Romano — via The Sun — Man United are now set to step up their interest in Olise and will begin «concrete» discussions with Palace in the next few weeks.
Olise would apparently be open to leaving Selhurst Park for Old Trafford in the summer window, although Man United may also have to fend off interest
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