Omar Marmoush to Man City: Why Eintracht Frankfurt star with "undeniable" quality is 'ready to take next step' and solve City's "real issue"

Eintracht Frankfurt's in-demand attacker Omar Marmoush is acceptable to instrumentality the adjacent measurement successful his vocation successful the anticipation of becoming a "superstar", Manchester City adept Steven McInerney from Esteemed Kompany had told Sports Mole.

The 25-year-old has been powerfully linked with a determination to the Etihad Stadium since the January transportation model opened, with reports successful his autochthonal Egypt claiming past play that the Citizens were acceptable to motion him for astir £50m.

Those rumours person since been denied by aggregate European outlets and journalists, though it is present understood that Pep Guardiola's broadside have held preliminary talks with Marmoush's representatives.

The Egypt international, who has attracted the involvement of respective apical clubs successful Europe, has been 1 of the standout performers successful the Bundesliga since joining Frankfurt from Wolfsburg connected a escaped transportation successful 2023.

Marmoush has contributed with 18 goals and 12 assists successful 24 appearances for Frankfurt crossed each competitions truthful acold this season, scoring 13 goals and registering 8 assists successful 15 Bundesliga matches for a broadside who presently sit 3rd successful the table.

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'Marmoush seems to person what Man City are lacking'

McInerney has been impressed with Marmoush's performances successful Germany and believes the versatile attacker has the attributes that Man City's existent frontline are lacking.

"He's evidently having a spot of a breakout season... 21 extremity and assistance contributions successful 15 games successful the Bundesliga. It's ridiculous," McInerney told Sports Mole.

"I deliberation determination is thing successful this. I deliberation City are looking for killers. Guardiola's talked an atrocious batch astir a deficiency of work from players successful presumption of goals. We can't support leaning connected [Erling] Haaland constantly.

"Marmoush seems a precise versatile player, which Guardiola likes. Marmoush tin play connected the left, helium tin play connected the right, helium tin play down the striker, helium tin play arsenic a striker and helium seems to person that hunger for goals that City are lacking close now."

Man City's "very disposable and existent issue" of relying solely connected Haaland to supply the goods successful the last 3rd indispensable beryllium addressed successful the eyes of McInerney, who is besides "a small spot jealous" of the Citizens' rivals Liverpool, who person had a plethora of players chipping successful with goals this term.

He added: "I look astatine Liverpool close present and I americium a small spot jealous arsenic a City fan, due to the fact that I look astatine [Mohamed] Salah - brutal, [Cody] Gakpo, who's scoring prime goals. They've got radical similar [Luis] Diaz who is precise hungry, [Diogo] Jota, each these existent extremity threats and I deliberation City had that astatine 1 point.

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Man City's involvement successful Marmoush is "genuine"

"At 1 point, City had a guardant enactment of Leroy Sane, who was scoring 15-20 goals, [Raheem] Sterling who was scoring 25-30 goals, [Sergio] Aguero who was scoring 30 goals, and past you had [Kevin] De Bruyne chipping successful with 15 goals, David Silva chipping successful with 10 goals minimum, past you had [Gabriel] Jesus with 15 goals a season, [Riyad] Mahrez with 15-20 goals a season, determination were goals everyplace - everyone was truthful bare to people goals and I deliberation we've drifted distant from that.

"That's a precise disposable and existent issue. Right present we've got Haaland who scores a lot, [Phil] Foden did past season, but he's dropped disconnected massively, De Bruyne doesn't people arsenic overmuch arsenic helium utilized to, [Jeremy] Doku has ne'er scored a batch of goals, [Jack] Grealish has ne'er scored a batch of goals and Savinho's inactive getting started. Oscar Bobb mightiness people erstwhile helium comes back, but yet determination isn't a backup striker. There isn't a regular goalscoring winger that we've got truthful far."

McInerney believes that Man City's involvement successful Marmoush is "genuine" and erstwhile factoring successful his profile, versatility and hunger to people goals, helium feels that the attacker has the credentials to marque the adjacent measurement successful his vocation and perchance thrive nether Guardiola.

"Marmoush is simply a truly bully profile: 25 years old, is having a breakout play astatine Frankfurt, helium would beryllium disposable for a tenable terms I reckon," said McInerney. "Frankfurt person ever sold, they're reasonably blessed to merchantability players if the wealth comes in. They've done it plentifulness of times - [Sebastian] Haller, [Luka] Jovic, [Randal Kolo] Muani.

"I deliberation this is genuine. I deliberation City are funny successful him. I bash deliberation he's astir apt been offered astir a small spot [by his agent] and I would similar him astatine Man City. Not each azygous subordinate tin instrumentality the adjacent measurement up, but I deliberation immoderate players person the hunger and the smarts to instrumentality that measurement to an elite level club.

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Is Marmoush a superstar successful the making?

"Frankfurt are a precise bully nine don't get maine wrong, but City are challenging for each azygous trophy successful satellite shot beauteous overmuch each year, truthful that is the modular and I deliberation Marmoush would travel successful and connection thing precise different.

"I similar the mode helium plays. He's intelligent, he's direct, he's assertive and I deliberation they are immoderate of the things that City are missing close now. Someone who's not acrophobic to shoot, who's not acrophobic to people goals and idiosyncratic who revels successful that responsibility.

"There's a batch of quality to his crippled from what I tin tell. Would helium bring it to the Premier League if helium comes here? I don't know, but I deliberation City's links with him marque an atrocious batch of consciousness due to the fact that of the versatility he's got, the goals he's got to his game, his profile, his age, a batch of acquisition successful the Bundesliga. He's acceptable to instrumentality that measurement up to go what helium would anticipation would beryllium a superstar somewhere.

"I deliberation there's thing successful this. I don't cognize if it volition happened successful January. I deliberation it sounds similar much of a summertime move, but I would instrumentality Marmoush successful a heartbeat. I deliberation there's a existent prime there.

"It's a spot of a hazard due to the fact that we don't cognize if helium tin support [his show levels], but I deliberation his prime is undeniable."

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