Olise, hattrick on the day Florentino announces the 150 million player! » Deschamps' reaction
Article by Aurelian Botezatu – Published on Tuesday, 09 June 2026, 07:37 / Updated on Tuesday, 09 June 2026 07:37
France won Northern Ireland with 3-1 in the last friendly before leaving for the 2026 World Cup, again Michael Olisethe player Florentino Perez is said to want at Realit shone.
The Bayern winger opened the scoring for the French at the end of the first half (min 43) and continued his recital after the restart with two goals scored in the 49th and 75th minutes.
Michael Olise, the first after Michel Platini
Olise thus became the 4th player in the history of “Les Bleus” to score a hat-trick even though he is not a central striker. The last one to achieve such a feat was Michel Platini, at Euro 1984!
Dominique Rocheteau during a France-Luxembourg match in 1986 (6-0), David Trezeguet against a FIFA team in 2000 (5-1), Olivier Giroud against Paraguay in 2017 (5-0), then Kylian Mbappé against Argentina in 2022 (3-3, 2-4 on penalties) and Gibraltar in 2023 (14-0) – not counting his four goals against Kazakhstan in 2021 (8-0) – are the other players to have scored a hat-trick in that time.
Brand: “Michael Olise is a player worth spending a fortune on”
Olise did it right on the eve of the big announcement that Florentino Perez wants to make today. The president of Real Madrid has promised to reveal the name of the player for whom he is willing to make an offer of 150 million eurosand the newspaper The Telegraph claims that the targeted star is the French international.
After he showed on Monday night, against the Northern Irish, the daily Marca, close to Real, gave him the green light: “He is a player worth spending a fortune on!”. France coach Didier Deschamps is also at the feet of Bayern's winger.
Didier Deschamps: “Hats off to Michael Olise!”
“He's been outstanding this season at Bayern, and with us. He's full of confidence, he's so determined. He also has an outstanding work rate. We will need a Michael at this leveland by others. Hats off to him!” Deschamps exclaimed.
The coach then explained that “Olise joined us after a good performance at the Olympics. It took him a little time, four or five games, to open up because, as you know, he's quite an introverted guy. But he's very nice. We try to support him through discussions. He's doing great. He's tried his best to reach a high level and he's succeeded.”
