{"id":5282,"date":"2026-04-29T10:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5282"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T10:02:23","slug":"why-michael-olise-chose-to-play-for-france-not-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=5282","title":{"rendered":"Why Michael Olise chose to play for France not England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>We turned back the time for the reason<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Michael Olise is quickly establishing himself as a superstar. From the Championship of Reading to the Champions League of Bayern Munich, the France international has now bagged in back-to-back matches in the coveted tournament where the world of football is watching, against the mighty Real Madrid and the reigning champions Paris Saint Germain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:0\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>With the World Cup on the horizon and Olise English-born, you may naturally hope for a split second whether he can represent the Three Lions. But the fact of the matter is that he chose his nation way-back-when, picking France U18s, in 2019, when he commenced on his professional pathway.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$?--><template id=\"B:1\"\/><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>So being born in the capital city of England, why France? Well his reason roots back to a press-conference in September 2024, after Didier Deschamps called him up for his first senior appearance in the Nations League.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>His mother is French, and when asked on his reasoning for picking Les Blues, his response was direct in Olise fashion: <em>\u201cI have always had a connection with the France national team, that is why I play for France.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Fast forward to present day, Olise has 15 caps and four national goals under his belt, with a World Cup undoubtedly on the horizon considering his stellar form. He will go right to the very top.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Michael #Olise #chose #play #France #England<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We turned back the time for the reason Michael Olise is quickly establishing himself as a superstar. From the Championship of Reading to the Champions League of Bayern Munich, the France international has now bagged in back-to-back matches in the coveted tournament where the world of football is watching, against the mighty Real Madrid and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5283,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1626,1493,821,1627,5443,2418],"class_list":{"0":"post-5282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-chose","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-michael","12":"tag-olise","13":"tag-play"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}