How Michael Olise became France's 'phenomenon': Two traits which stood out when he was seven, attitude issues which separated him from his peers

KIERAN GILL: Everything seems so effortless, cool, and carefree. Yet Olise could so easily have been with England, training alongside his Bayern Munich team-mate Harry Kane.


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