Michael Olise has been described as ‘heartless’ by the mother of his secret 20-month-old daughter amid an explosive legal dispute.
The France international, 24, was revealed to have fathered a child with 34-year-old Fatima Zaunbrecher, with Zaunbrecher taking her story public for the first time this week.
Speaking to German outlet BILD, Zaunbrecher alleged that Olise has not spoken to her since his daughter Aaliyah Noor’s birth, choosing instead to communicate through lawyers. Zaunbrecher was also unhappy with Olise’s offer to financially contribute to her upbringing, describing the proposed amount as ‘ridiculous’.
Daily Mail Sport understands that Olise has never refused to meet his daughter, and has offered an acceptable financial sum to support the child.
‘How heartless can you be towards your child?’ Zaunbrecher questioned in her interview, adding that his ‘callousness’ had ‘devastated her’.
Michael Olise has been accused of not supporting or meeting his 20-month-old daughter
Zaunbrecher is based in Dusseldorf and had been when the former couple started to communicate on Instagram in 2022.
The relationship allegedly began when Olise was playing at Crystal Palace, ahead of his £47.4million move to Bayern Munich.
The woman alleges that messages were exchanged between them for two months before she joined him in south London for their first date, saying that the pair had ‘liked each other immediately’.
‘He’s half Algerian, I’m half Moroccan,’ she explained. ‘They’re neighbouring countries after all. He also dislikes large crowds and parties, just like me.
‘When he tried to kiss me on our first date, I stopped him and told him we should get to know each other better. He accepted that. From then on, I flew to London regularly.’
Their relationship eventually became tempestuous, Zaunbrecher added, due to disputes over Olise’s frequent habit of playing PlayStation rather than spending time with her, and claims of infidelity on his part.
Zaunbrecher then claimed that two weeks after she had finally broken up with him over a suspected other woman, she discovered she was pregnant.
A paternity test – completed in Munich at Olise’s insistence – has since confirmed that he is Aaliyah’s father.
Sources close to the footballer have insisted that he had not refused contact with Zaunbrecher or his child.
Olise has an intensely private social media presence and has often seemed to shy away from the spotlight in public too.
But since the revelation in the German press, Olise is believed to have seen his social media comments section overwhelmed with replies, and since switched off the function on Instagram.
Alongside the article, BILD also released what they alleged to be a copy of the document confirming Olise’s paternity.
Olise has not yet issued a comment publicly.
