Reading have rejected £5 million bids from two of Arsenal, Leeds United and Wolverhampton Wanderers for Michael Olise, according to the Reading Chronicle.
While few expected Veljko Paunovic’s Royals to be sitting pretty near the top of the Championship table this early on, four wins from their first four games means one of the division’s most underrated outfits is finally starting to get the credit it deserves.
In Omar Richards, Andy Rinomhota and the skilful, slaloming former Liverpool starlet Ovie Ejaria, some of the most exciting young talents in the league are plying their trade at the Madejski.
But it’s Olise, an 18-year-old midfield dynamo, who is perhaps the jewel in Reading’s crown.
The teenager is already one of the first names on the team sheet and did his rapidly growing reputation no harm at all when he channelled his inner Paul Scholes to thump a first-time volley into the net from 25 yards against Barnsley last month.
Reports from Berkshire claim three Premier League clubs – Arsenal, Wolves and Leeds – are keen to raid the Championship pace-setters before Friday’s transfer deadline.
Two of those clubs, and we don’t know which ones just yet, have seen £5 million offers batted away by Reading.
The report claims the Royals value their little prince at a much higher fee and, with a promotion charge in their sights, it may take something special to convince them to cash in over the next 36 hours or so.
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