More than 150 million euros invested… and what may still come. Manchester City has decided to get out of the sporting crisis with a checkbook. If they had already closed the signings of two defenders like Vitor Reis (40 million from Palmeiras) or Khusanov (50 from Lens), now they are signing an attacker. Omar Marmoush lands in Manchester from Frankfurt in an operation that, according to unofficial sources, is around… 70+5 million euros!
The two sides have been in intense negotiations for several days after Manchester City identified the 25-year-old as their number one target to bolster their attack.
The Egyptian player was having an impressive season: 20 goals and 14 assists in 26 games in all the competitions he has played this season with the Germans. That is, Bundesliga, Cup and Europa League. Last season he scored 17 goals and six assists.
The Egypt international, one of the best free-kick takers in current football, arrives to be, six months later, Julián Álvarez’s replacement on the attacking front. Eintracht, which signed him as a free agent after his departure from Wolfsburg, is experiencing another great increase in value 18 months after the sale of Kolo Muani to PSG for 95 million euros.