{"id":92194,"date":"2023-08-16T11:15:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/16\/chelsea-closing-in-on-deal-to-sign-michael-olise\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T11:15:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T11:15:14","slug":"chelsea-closing-in-on-deal-to-sign-michael-olise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/08\/16\/chelsea-closing-in-on-deal-to-sign-michael-olise\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea closing in on deal to sign Michael Olise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/skysports-michael-olise-crystal-palace_5956502-696x392.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"skysports-michael-olise-crystal-palace_5956502\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Chelsea are set to sign winger Michael Olise from Crystal Palace after activating a release clause in his contract in the region of \u00a335m.<\/p>\n<p>The France Under-21 international is poised to become the club\u2019s ninth major signing of the summer.<\/p>\n<p>London-born Olise registered 11 assists in the Premier League for Palace last season and signed for the Eagles from Reading on a five-year-deal in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>Olise, 21, was a member of Chelsea\u2019s youth system before leaving aged 14.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently recovering from a hamstring injury that he picked up playing for France in the European Under-21 Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The winger enjoyed an impressive 2022-23 campaign for Palace in which he registered 11 assists and scored two goals in 37 appearances and was named as the club\u2019s player of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Olise would join eight senior arrivals at Stamford Bridge this summer, headed up by the signing of Ecuador midfielder Moises Caicedo, who\u00a0joined from Brighton\u00a0for a \u00a3100m fee that could rise to a British club record of \u00a3115m.<\/p>\n<p>Axel Disasi, Christopher Nkunku, Nicolas Jackson, Lesley Ugochukwu, Angelo Gabriel, Robert Sanchez and Diego Moreira have also joined the London club.<\/p>\n<p>Caicedo was the 22nd player signed by Chelsea for a fee since American investor Todd Boehly and his Clearlake consortium took over in May 2022 and takes the total outlay of the new owners to almost \u00a3900m.<\/p>\n<p>New Chelsea boss Mauricio Pochettino has been tasked with overhauling the squad and vastly improving on last season\u2019s 12th-place finish in the Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>Mateo Kovacic, Edouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly, N\u2019Golo Kante, Mason Mount, Kai Havertz, Christian Pulisic, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Ethan Ampadu, Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang, Abdul Rahman Baba and former captain Cesar Azpilicueta have all departed so far this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea opened their Premier League season with a 1-1 home draw against Liverpool last Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"XKRtc6D8NNk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Woman cries as husband threatens to divorce her - Obra on Adom TV (15-08-23)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XKRtc6D8NNk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea are set to sign winger Michael Olise from Crystal Palace after activating a release clause in his contract in the region of \u00a335m. 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