Reading talent Michael Olise is one of the most in-demand players in the Football League.
Formerly of Chelsea and Manchester City, Olise has hit his stride with Reading this season, starring under Veljko Paunovic.
The 19-year-old playmaker has racked up four goals and nine assists in 32 league outings this season, playing a key role in a superb Reading campaign.
Understandably though, Olise finds himself on the wish list of many Premier League clubs, so bids could arrive this summer.
Leeds United and Crystal Palace have been leading the way according to The Sun, but The Athletic note that Tottenham Hotspur want him now too.
Reading won’t want to lose Olise any time soon, but Reading teammate Michael Morrison has backed the teenager for the top flight sooner or later.
Morrison admitted to Sky Sports that he is ‘sure’ that Olise is good enough for the Premier League, but urged him to keep his mentality right and keeping working hard to reach the top flight.
Morrison added that he knows of plenty of interest in Olise, backing him to reach the ‘very top’ of the game if he carries on developing at the same rate.
“The manager has also been on to him to make sure that his mentality is right and he achieves everything he can because I would say that he can be a top player in the Premier League,” said Morrison. “If he works hard now he could get a move to one of the top Premier League teams.”
“I am sure he is good enough for that and I know there is a lot of interest. We are lucky to have him but he still needs that game time and this is a really good place for him to be at the moment. He is playing in a good team and I think that has really helped him. As long as he keeps his head down and works as hard as he has been doing, he can go to the very top,” he added.
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