Bayern Munich president Herbert Hainer has told Real Madrid that Michael Olise is not for sale, with ESPN reporting that the Bundesliga champions will not listen to summer offers for the France winger.
Bayern Munich Reject Real Madrid Olise Push
ESPN's Adriana Garcia reported that Hainer delivered the message after Real Madrid president Florentino Perez was re-elected on Sunday. Perez had promised during his campaign that, if he won, he would break the club's transfer record by spending €150 million ($174m) on a new 'Galactico' player for the Bernabeu.
Olise has been reported as the player Perez wants, but Bayern's public response was blunt. Hainer told Bild that Olise remains a Bayern player on a long-term contract and that Bayern are not a club that sells players. On the matter of a Madrid bid, his line was even shorter: Perez can "save himself the trouble." That is boardroom diplomacy wearing studs.
The stance is simple enough. Bayern Munich do not want this to become a negotiation, and saying so early is part of the negotiation anyway.
Michael Olise Contract Runs To 2029
Olise joined Bayern Munich from Crystal Palace in the summer of 2024 and is under contract with the Bundesliga club until June 2029, according to ESPN. That gives Bayern a strong formal position before any Real Madrid approach.
The sporting case for keeping him is even clearer. ESPN reported that Olise scored 15 goals and supplied 21 assists in 32 league games as Bayern retained the Bundesliga title. He was also named Bundesliga Player of the Season.
His Champions League season backed that up. Olise made the competition's team of the season after scoring five goals and adding seven assists in 13 matches. Those numbers explain both Real Madrid's reported interest and Bayern's lack of enthusiasm for turning the player into someone else's headline.
France World Cup Adds Timing Pressure
Olise, 24, is currently training with France before what ESPN described as his first World Cup appearance. France open their tournament on June 16 against Senegal.
That timing matters because transfer noise around a player heading into a first World Cup can get loud quickly. Bayern's message, then, is partly aimed at Madrid and partly aimed at the market: the winger who helped deliver another Bundesliga title is not being presented as available stock.
Real Madrid may still test that position. Clubs with Real Madrid's resources rarely abandon an idea because another president sounded annoyed in June. But Bayern have the contract length, the recent production and the title-winning context on their side, which makes this less a sales pitch than a warning label.