Manchester City is running Give to Signal Omar Marmous 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-old target centre, is interested excited, with Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur aware of his availability and his availability.
Marmush joined Frankfurt from Wolfsburg in 2023. Il made 24 appearances in all competitions this season, providing 18 and 12 assists.
He made his debut in Egypt in 2021 and crowned 35 times internationally.
Manchester City has suffered a series of defensive injuries this season, while the defense of his name of the Premier League failed with Ruben Dias, John Stones, Nathan Ake and Manuel Akanji, disappeared all the 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 Khusanov crusade has been established as a pillar in the departure of the French part, two of the 18 games in Ligue 1 of the target were lost due to a suspension of two games due to a red card in November.
Typically, top Egyptians are snatched through one of the country’s two biggest clubs, El Zamalek or Al Ahly, especially if they get 44 goals in 28 games in the formula of young Egyptians at 17. However, Marmoush took another path.
His impressive performances in the youth of Wadi Degla caught the attention of the coach in chief of the first team, Patrice Carteron, who debuted in the last game of the 2015-16 season, where Marmoush helped the winner.
After another season with Degla, the Egyptian set off to Germany when he accepted an offer from Wolfsburg in 2017. Marmoush took time to adapt — the fact he didn’t speak German made things harder — but his time with Wolfsburg’s reserve team shaped him and improved his mental 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 half on loan to St Pauli and Stuttgart, Marmoush established himself in Wolfsburg’s senior team in the 2022-23 campaign.
In Degla’s youth sides, Marmoush developed as a striker, which makes him feel at home as Frankfurt’s centre-forward. After joining on a free transfer in the summer of 2023, he scored 17 goals in his first year and this season, he is on track to exceed that number easily.
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From this central position, the Egypt striker is lying with his back to goal, dropping to offer a passing option between the lines and link up with his teammates. His drip ability is also helping him in tight spaces or when wandering into 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, either off the ball during the box attack and over it once he receives 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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