Muller Tips Olise To Win Ballon d’Or Award

Germany legend Thomas Müller has backed Michael Olise to win the Ballon d’Or award ahead of Harry Kane.

Muller stated that the young French winger’s artistic playing style and dribbling ability give him a stronger case for the individual award than Kane.

Talking to SportBild, former Bayern attacker believes Olise may just have the edge over Kane in the race.

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“With his finishing and attacking qualities, Harry is the best striker I currently see. He’s got a wide range of qualities, but he’s not a player who can dribble past four people,” he said.

“As far as the Ballon d’Or is concerned, the ‘artistic element’ is taken into account.

“Generally, I see Harry as the more important player – but when it comes to the vote for the World’s Best Player, it’s more for players like Michael, with this dance-like, artistic, ease, magic quality, you can’t learn that.

“Michael is a player who delivers, a performer.”

England captain Kane is the bookies’ favourite after scoring an obscene 61 goals for Bayern this season. Despite the striker’s phenomenal campaign, Olise won the Bundesliga player of the year award.

The Frenchman racked up 15 goals and 19 assists in just 32 Bundesliga appearances. Bayern also won the DFB Pokal – courtesy of Kane’s hat-trick in the final – and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

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Each of their performances at the World Cup will no doubt go a long way to deciding who wins the Ballon d’Or.

Olise joined Bayern from Crystal Palace in the summer of 2024 for £50million. The winger was close to signing for Chelsea the year before but ended up penning a new deal with Palace, although Bayern eventually won the race after he was also linked with Manchester City.