Lothar Matthäus backs Michael Olise’s right to keep a low profile

Lothar Matthäus has a message for anyone criticizing Michael Olise for being quiet, avoiding interviews, or simply choosing to express himself differently: who cares? Matthäus believes Olise should be allowed to be comfortable in his own way, rather than being pushed into becoming a personality that he simply is not.

“I think he’s fine the way he is, because why does he have to talk if he doesn’t want to? Just because we want him to, so that he makes headlines?

He doesn’t want that; it’s just not his nature. Someone like me stands in front of the camera and talks, whereas Olise would rather go somewhere after the game where he feels comfortable.