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Tottenham have signed Manchester City forward Omar Marmoush on loan until the end of the season, with an obligation to make the deal permanent for £60m next summer.
The 27-year-old Egypt international will join former City team-mate Savio at Spurs, after the Brazilian moved to north London for an initial fee of £75m on Tuesday.
“Tottenham Hotspur is one of the biggest clubs in England, if not the world,
Marmoush scored 16 goals in 62 appearances in all competitions for City following his move from Frankfurt.
Eight of those came in 36 appearances in 2025-26, but his Premier League involvement fell considerably.
He started only eight league games and played around 700 minutes, fewer than he managed after joining midway through the prior campaign.
His league return was three goals and three assists, with his 3.53 expected goals figure
Guardiola has said this campaign has not been good enough for his side, relinquishing their four-year hold on the Premier League trophy, being knocked out early from the Champions League and shocked by Palace at Wembley.
Few would have predicted at the start of the season that City would not only fail to claim any major silverware but also struggle to finish in the Champions League places.
But the three
David Raya, Arsenal, keeper, £5.5m – Fulham (h)
Raya has four clean sheets in his past seven and Arsenal have the second-most clean sheets (11) this season. There could be a few clean sheets knocking about this week and this game is one of them.
Josko Gvardiol, Manchester City, £6m – Leicester City (h)
I know City can’t keep a clean sheet this season but surely they will against a
Jake O’Brien (Everton): He doesn’t get much credit but, for a young man to go in at Everton, having never played much under Sean Dyche and then deliver the performances he has been doing week in and week out has been excellent. He gets the equaliser, which was huge for him and for Everton and keeps their unbeaten run going.
Matthijs de Ligt (Manchester United): Growing more and more as
Omar Marmoush introduced himself as Manchester City’s own ‘Egyptian king’ with a superb 14-minute hat-trick against Newcastle to send Pep Guardiola’s side fourth in the Premier League.
Marmoush, who joined City for £59m from Eintracht Frankfurt last month, clearly has a long way to go before he can get close to the authentic Liverpool version – but broke his scoring duck in style after four matches without a goal.
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Manchester City are closing in on the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush.
Sources have told the BBC a verbal agreement has been reached between the clubs but the transfer has not yet been completed.
The 25-year-old Egypt international has scored 15 Bundesliga goals this season.
Marmoush joined Eintracht on a free transfer from fellow Bundesliga club Wolfsburg in 2023.
Manchester City are expected to soon complete the signing