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Olise Is My Dream Signing for Liverpool This Summer

Jan Molby urges Liverpool to secure Michael Olise and prepare for elite contract demands across the squad.

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Jan Molby
Feb 19, 2026
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Why Michael Olise Is the One Liverpool Must Chase

There are moments when a club needs to be bold. Not careful, not measured, not hedging every bet. Bold.

For me, that moment is now. If I had one wish for Liverpool this summer, one signing that would make me sit up and say we are serious again, it would be to pick up the phone to Bayern Munich and ask a very simple question. What do you want for Michael Olise?

That is my dream. Not a fantasy pulled from nowhere, but a calculated belief in what this squad needs next. Olise is the right age, the right profile and the right kind of footballer. He gives you unpredictability, craft, goals and personality in the final third. You get him now and you are not buying for a season. You are buying for eight or nine years.

And in doing that, you are also confronting the reality around Mohamed Salah. If you bring in Olise, you are effectively signing Mo’s long term successor. Then Mo has a decision to make. Does he stay and fight for his place, or does he move on? That is how big clubs operate.

For me, that is where this summer has to begin.

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