Manchester City are operating with signs to Omar Marmoush and Abdukodir Khusanov this month.
He still agrees for one or the other of the players, but discussions are progressing as the city ramps up its efforts to recruit both.
Egypt international Marmoush, 25, has enjoyed a breakout season for Eintracht Frankfurt, scoring 13 goals in 15 Bundesliga appearances, to put himself on the radar of a number of Europe’s biggest clubs.
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Khusanov, the 20 -year purpose, has attracted the interest of other places, with Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur aware of its availability.
Marmoush joined Frankfurt Wolfsburg in 2023. He made 24 appearances in all competitions this season, providing 18 and 12 assists.
He made his senior Egypt debut in 2021 and has been capped 35 times at international level.
Manchester City have suffered a number of defensive injuries this season as the defence of their Premier League title has faltered with Ruben Dias, John Stones, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji all missing time.
The central defender Khusanov joined the target of Energetik-Bgu Minsk Beelorrusian in the summer of 2023. In its first season, Uzbekistan made 16 appearances in all competitions for the goal.
However, this campaign Khusanov has established himself as a mainstay in the French side’s starting XI, missing just two of Lens’ 18 Ligue 1 games because of a two-game suspension due to a red card in November.
Usually, the most talented Egyptians are snatched up by one of the country’s two biggest clubs, El Zamalek or Al Ahly, especially if you are scoring 44 goals in 28 games in the Egyptian youth system at 17. However, Marmoush has taken a different path.
His impressive performances in Wadi Degla’s youth teams caught the eyes of the first team’s head coach, Patrice Carteron, who gave him his debut in the last game of the 2015-16 season, where Marmoush assisted the winner.
After the season with Degla, the Egyptian moved to Germany when he accepted an offering from Wolfsburg in 2017. Marmoush took the time to adapt, the fact that he didn’t speak German made things more complicated, but his time with Wolfsburg’s reserve team shaped him in shape and shaped him, He formed it and formed it and formed it and formed it and formed it and formed it and formed it and formed it to do it and to do it. It boosted her intellectual resilience.
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During his early months in Germany, he did not even know how to order coffee. Marmoush would stand on the side and wait until a similar order came up, before signaling to the waiter that he wanted the same.
After spending a year and a loan in St Pauli and Stuttgart, Marmoush won the Wolfsburg senior team in the 2022-23 campaign.
In the appearance of the young people of Degla, Marmoush evolved as an attacker, which makes him feel in the house as a front center. After a loose movement in the summer of 2023, he obtained 17 goals in his first year and this season, he is on the right way to overcome this number easily.
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From this central position, the Egypt striker is betting with his back on the goal, falling to offer an option to pass between lines and link with his teammates. His drip ability is also helping him in narrow spaces or when he roams giant spaces (as can be seen below).
Marmoush attacks the right areas, looking to leave the ball to offer a more threatening passing option, and his pace comes in handy, whether it’s off the ball when attacking the box and up once he’s won the pass. These offensive characteristics are complemented through his clever movement inside the penalty area, which is visual in his goals for Frankfurt.
Ahmed Walid
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