Olise wipes his Instagram clean in solidarity with photographer denied World Cup accreditation

Michael Olise cleared his Instagram account of all his old posts on the eve of the World Cup kickoff, a gesture of solidarity toward Florence Pernet, his trusted photographer, whose accreditation for the tournament had been refused.

The Bayern Munich and France winger kept only six photos on his account, the oldest dating from June 17. While some observers initially saw it as a message to his Bavarian club, the reality is simpler: deprived of the chance to follow Olise to the United States, Pernet did not put away her camera.

The photographer, a regular at the Paris Olympics and Roland-Garros, chose to document the World Cup from home, taking artistic portraits of her television screen. “I don’t have accreditation but I have a television and my own vision,” she wrote on Instagram. An approach apparently approved by Olise, who shares her work on his own account.

This context did not slow the player’s social media growth. A revelation of the French team at the World Cup after a remarkable season with Bayern Munich, Olise gained nearly 3 million followers since the start of the competition and is now approaching 10 million — proof that the editorial restraint of his account has in no way harmed his visibility.