Omar Marmoush has completed his move to Manchester City from Eintracht Frankfurt.
Sky Sports News understands City have paid a fee of £59m (€70m) plus a further £4.2m (€5m) in bonuses.
The Egypt international joins after scoring 15 goals in 17 matches for the Bundesliga side this season and becomes City’s third signing of the January window following the additions of Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov.
Marmoush arrives after only 18 months with Frankfurt, who he joined from Wolfsburg in July 2023 on a free transfer.
Marmoush, who can operate across the front three, was left out of the Frankfurt side that beat Borussia Dortmund on Friday evening, with the German club confirming they were “in talks with another club regarding the transfer”.
Speaking ahead of that victory, the German side’s sporting director, Markus Krosche, said there was a “high probability” Marmoush would be leaving the club.
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Omar Marmoush grabbed two assists and a goal for Eintracht Frankfurt during their win over SC Freiburg
“I’ve said often before that we’re in discussions with a club,” said Krosche. “In the end, it’s Manchester City and we’ve been in really close contact with them for one or two days now.”
A move to City presented a “huge opportunity” for Marmoush, he added.
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Omar Marmoush said farewell to the Eintracht Frankfurt fans after their win over Borussia Dortmund on Friday
How Marmoush became elite and why City wanted him
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate:
Omar Marmoush has emerged as Egypt’s other superstar forward. No player in the Bundesliga, not even Harry Kane, has been involved in more goals than the Eintracht Frankfurt man.
At almost 26, it has been a spectacular rise. As recently as 2022, Marmoush was at struggling Stuttgart, loaned there by then-parent club Wolfsburg. His fortunes improved dramatically at Frankfurt, a club that have become experts in playing the market.
Speaking to Frankfurt’s sporting director, Markus Krosche, earlier this season, he was as sanguine as ever about the prospect of the club losing their biggest stars. “Selling players is part of my job. I am not emotional about it. It is business,” he told Sky Sports.
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Sky Sports News’ David Reed examines why Manchester City wanted to sign Eintracht Frankfurt forward Omar Marmoush
“I try to think of the player. They want titles. They want to play in the Premier League or Champions League. It is a normal process. There will be a point that the player develops faster than the club and then we let him go. Blocking their development is not good.
“This is what I tell all the players. If your development is faster than our development as a club and I get the money I expect, I will let you go. This is why so many young talents like to come to Frankfurt because we know what we have to do to develop them.”
But even by Frankfurt’s high standards, the example of Marmoush is extreme. Signed on a free transfer from Wolfsburg in the summer of 2023, he has been transformed into one of the best players in the Bundesliga, an all-round forward to rival the best in Europe.
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