Olise eligible to play for England

With the news that Crystal Palace quartet Eberechi Eze, Dean Henderson, Marc Guehi and Adam Wharton are all in today’s provisional England squad, there have been question marks over whether fellow Palace winger Michael Olise is eligible to play for England.

Olise has scored 10 goals and provided six assists in 19 Premier League appearances this season, averaging a goal or assists every 79.8 minutes this term.

But can he play for England?

Born in Hammersmith, Olise is English born but has never played for the Trhee Lions at any level.

With a Nigerian father and a French-Algerian mother, Olise is eligible for four different nations, England, France, Nigeria and Algeria.

Olise has played nine youth international matches to date in his career, all of which coming for France. However, Olise was left out of France’s provisional squad earlier this week.

Michael Olise has been incredible when he plays for Crystal Palace. Skill, pace, assists, goals. Let’s bring him in can play anywhere in support of Harry Kane and France obviously aren’t calling him up, if he plays like that in league imagine him with the quality of Foden, Kane, Bellingham around him – no disrespect to Crystal Palace.