Why Olise is catching Southgate's eye

Michael Olise has caught the eye of Gareth Southgate with his performances for Crystal Palace and is on the England manager's radar after an impressive debut Premier League season. But what makes him so special? Sky Sports takes a look ahead of Palace's Monday Night Football clash against Manchester City...

The 20-year-old became Patrick Vieira's first Palace signing of the summer after impressing for Reading as a teenager, registering seven goals and 12 assists in the Championship in his first full season of professional football.

It was a "difficult first few months" for Olise at Palace, says head coach Vieira, as he arrived carrying an injury, which held him to just two starts in 2021. However, since the turn of the year, Olise has been unleashed on defences up and down the country week in week out and proven himself to be quite the bargain at just £8m, ranking highly among Europe's top under-21 creators.

He is the archetypal modern right-winger - think Arjen Robben or Riyad Mahrez. Always keen to cut in on to his favoured left-foot, defenders try to show Olise down the line, but time and time again he finds a way back inside and so often to devastating effect.

Olise's level of performances come as no surprise to Vieira - "we knew how good he was" - and he hopes they can keep hold of the winger for a "long time". The Palace boss has been pleased with Olise's versatility, having deployed him as a No 10 in recent weeks, but feels "he needs to improve out of possession" if he is to become a "complete player".

The Hammersmith-born player's journey to the Premier League has been less than straight forward, spending time with Chelsea and Manchester City's academies before breaking through at Reading. But with top clubs,