Crystal Palace have took to troll Chelsea with a cheeky song choice on the Michael Olise video announcing he signed a new contract.
The Eagles couldn’t resist poking fun at the Blues after the Frenchman confirmed he has signed a new four-year contract with his current club.
Reports had claimed that Chelsea triggered a £35million release clause in his previous deal, but they were left surprised bywhen he opted to stay where he was instead.
Palace reacted with glee, and in smug, making that very clear in a video of Olise in action on the Premier League club’s official Instagram.
He a video of him playing, the clip has the song Chelsea Dagger by The Fratellis heard over it.
Crystal Palace’s official Instagram page uploading a video of Michael Olise’s cross-field assist against Bournemouth from last season with the song “Chelsea Dagger” over the top of it on the day he signed a new deal at Selhurst Park is the sort of pettiness we can all get behind. pic.twitter.com/0V4qJrFJjL
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Crystal Palace Chairman Steve Parish wrote on social media: “I’m absolutely delighted to announce [Michael Olise] has decided to commit his future to Crystal Palace football club and this afternoon signed a new four year deal with the club.”
Manager Roy Hodgson added: “It’s the best possible news we could have. I had been concerned – it’s always concerning when a club of Chelsea’s stature take interest in a player, and people will suggest that a move to them might be the best bet.
“I had always hoped that wouldn’t be the case and that Michael would realise that at such a young age his future here is very bright, and we can help him move very quickly on to another level.
“I am delighted for the club, and I must congratulate Steve Parish and Dougie Freedman on the fantastic job they have done in persuading him that, even though there was pressure from outside, ‘this is your place and this is where we think you will progress in the right way and develop in the right way’.”
“As a coach it is perfect because I really enjoyed the 10 games last year. I thought the squad was looking really very interesting, so when the Chairman asked me to come back and do another year I had that in mind.
“To lose a player like Wilfried Zaha and then Olise, that would have changed, to some extent, my perception of it all.
“For me, it is a red letter day.
“I had a long chat with him when the subject was first broached, but that’s a long time ago – pretty much in the pre-season after we got back. I had a long chat to him, and I made it clear of course how much I enjoyed working with him, the respect I have for him and how much potential he has as a player.
“I suggested, of course, that being at Crystal Palace and playing here would be the best option, but I also made it clear to him I wouldn’t put him under unnecessary pressure.
“He was under pressure from all sides. I can only tell you: from my side, ‘I’m always here if you want to speak to me to discuss it further’.
“We spoke every day, but I shied away from asking: ‘What are you going to do?’ and giving further advice. He knew what I was going to say, so we just hoped we would get the answer we wanted. That’s what it’s been like.
“Its very difficult. We’ve got quite a big group of players .There’s a very wealthy group at top of our league spending enormous sums of money – hundreds of millions even pushing up towards the billions. That is not something Crystal Palace are capable of doing.
“Of course, when you do get a team like the one that did so well at end of last year and you see that potential it is frustrating to realise that sometimes these clubs are going to come in with their wealth, even with the prestige and glamour, to try to tempt your player away.
“But it is a fact of life, and we can only deal with it in best way. We’re very fortunate here in our Chairman and Sporting Director that we have two Palace people, who understand what it is to be Crystal Palace, and who are consistently trying to improve the team.
“They have been capable of making certain when we have lost players that that money is reinvested or we have found new ones. This particular group of players came around the same time. They have done wonderful work for the club and really shown how good the recruitment has been here.
“It was a nasty injury. Wilfried [Zaha] had same injury and has returned to playing again. We are fortunate in that he will be lower end of scale.
“He has kept himself very fit and worked very hard on his rehabilitation, and he wants to get back on field as quickly as possible. Whatever timescale it was, I’m certain he will shave a bit off.
“It won’t be for a while yet unfortunately because of the severity of the injury.”
Here’s how fans reacted as Crystal Palace troll Chelsea with the cheeky song choice on the Michael Olise video…
@CarefreeNate: Not gonna lie that’s hilarious. We did something similar when announcing Caicedo to the song Finesse
@Rob_Gontarski: Love the fact that Palace has shown CFC middle finger! Great to see young talent staying his club!
@GeorgeMouta: Fair play, we got bodied by you lot. Such a weird transfer saga, conflicting reports and whatever. You get to keep Olise, cold baller. 👏🏼
@dannylfc76: 😂🤝 that’s quality
@Chris94599658: Top drawer content from palace 👏👏👏
@jdklfc: Absolutely quality that 😂
@Elliotcute: Make them cry I love it. 😂
@MikaelWesterba1: Eagles going for next level🦅🦅🇸🇪
@joealtobelli9:
MIKE OLISE’S MAGIC
HE WEARS A MAGIC HAT
HE COULD’VE WENT TO CHELSEA
BUT HE SAID NO FUCK THAT
AND EVERYTIME HE SCORES
THE PALACE FANS GO MAD
AND WHEN HES RETIRED
HE’LL THE BEST WE EVER HAD
#CPFC
@andylatts: The fact Olise wanted to stay at Palace is quality and says a lot for the club and management ! #cpfc
@DeePalace_: Been a very frustrating summer but let this be the turning point of our window, keeping Olise how we did is great but we still need a few more. Let’s make the most out of the next two weeks & give Roy the players to push on 💪 #CPFC
@Jakestokie007: Fair play Olise, risky resisting the big team but this will elevate you as a Crystal Palace legend #Olise #CPFC
@VTEbsFan: #cpfc taking a break at my work to see Olise signed a contract with us and I am in happy tears. You know….like a normal person. What do I say: “Oh you know this team you 100% haven’t heard of in a sport Americans barely follow? My second favorite player signed unexpectedly”
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