Michael Olise and Jean-Philippe Mateta are following up their blistering Premier League campaigns in style on international duty with France, as they prepare for the Paris Olympic Games.
France legend Thierry Henry has selected both players in his provisional squad for the tournament, with the final 22-man party decided on 3rd July.
Both players were on fire for Oliver Glasner's side in south London, with Mateta netting 18 goals - including nine in his last seven - and Olise also hitting double figures.
Henry – who himself scored 175 goals in 258 Premier League appearances – said of Mateta: “He’s an old-fashioned striker – you can play a little more direct. He can keep the ball.
“He’s a boring striker to play against! He doesn’t lose the ball much, and he goes at the last defender. He uses his physicality, he’s good with his head, and he scores.
“It’s important that a striker like that gives you another dimension. He was also voted Player of the Year at Crystal Palace. It seems to me that he’s not too bad!”
Image credit: Équipe de France
