Michael Olise comes back from the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a new tournament record and a strong case to be talked about as one of Europe’s best wide players. He finished the tournament with seven assists for France, then adds that to a Bayern season of 15 goals and 19 assists. Vincent Kompany has already said Olise is “already one of the best players in the world.”
Bayern’s output from Olise
The club numbers are the part Bayern will care about first. Bayern München got 15 goals and 19 assists from Olise in 2025/26, which is the sort of return that changes how opponents set up against a winger. He also won April and May Bundesliga Goal of the Month honours, a detail that fits the broader picture of a player deciding games from more than one angle.
That end product sits inside a Bayern side that scored 122 league goals in 2025. Olise was not carrying the attack on his own, but he was producing in a team already built to punish mistakes. The final total is hard to ignore when you add the club output to what he has just done on the international stage.
Kompany's view and the next Bayern test
Kompany’s public assessment is aggressive, but it is not empty praise. Speaking to bundesliga.com, he said: “Michael Olise is already one of the best players in the world. If he continues like this, you can see what he’s capable of, considering how far he’s already come.”
That view is backed by what Olise has done, not by reputation alone. Seven assists at a World Cup is the kind of summer that makes a Bayern player look more complete, especially when it comes on top of a 34-contribution league season. For Bayern, the return matters because the next competitive chance for silverware is the Franz Beckenbauer Supercup against Borussia Dortmund on Saturday.
A winger with that level of output gives Bayern a different ceiling in tight games. Kompany’s line sounds bold, but the numbers are doing most of the work here, and Olise arrives for Dortmund with both club production and a World Cup record behind him.
Written by Jack Mercer with AI-assisted research, cross-checked against 1 outlet. How we work →
