OFFICIAL: Man City complete the signing of Omar Marmous from Eintracht Frankfurt

OFFICIAL: Omar Marmoush has completed his move to Manchester City from Eintracht Frankfurt.

The Egypt international joins on a four-and-a-half-year deal 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.

"I'm so happy to be here," he said. "Manchester City is one of the biggest clubs in the world over the past 10 years, so it was not a question.

"It is an honour the club showed an interest in me and now I'm here. The last two seasons have been great, but it is just the beginning for me."

Marmoush: I'm fast and dangerous

Marmoush can operate across the front three and has been involved in more goals than any other player in the Bundesliga this season, including Harry Kane.

"I've played many positions. For the national team I am playing left wing most of the time. At my former club, I was playing No 9, sometimes at 10 and also an eight," added Marmoush.

"I've also played on the right wing, so I think I can play in all the positions, but I feel most comfortable behind the striker in the No 10 position where the way to the goal is quicker - or shorter I should say - so I am comfortable in all positions. But wherever I play, I will always give my all to try and help the team.

"My main strength I would say is that I always want to win - that is from a character point of view.

"On the pitch, I am fast, good on the ball, I try to see where the spaces are and exploit the spaces - and I'm dangerous."

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.

"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.

The club statement:

Manchester City are delighted to announce the signing of Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt.

The 25-year-old Egyptian striker has completed a move to the Etihad Stadium on a four-and-a-half-year deal, meaning he will remain at the Club until the summer of 2029.

One of the most coveted young forwards operating in the European game, Marmoush is also capable of being deployed on either attacking flank.

An accomplished Egyptian international with 35 caps to his name to date, Marmoush made his professional bow back in his Egyptian homeland as a 17-year-old in 2016 with Wadi Degla.

After amassing 17 appearances and two goals for Wadi, Marmoush subsequently made the move to Europe in 2017, joining VF Wolfsburg before then making a switch to Eintracht Frankfurt in the summer of 2023.

He enjoyed a superb debut season with the Bundesliga side, netting 17 goals from 41 appearances across all competitions.

Omar has maintained that impressive impact so far across the 2024/25 campaign. Prior to joining City Marmoush had accrued 20 goals from just 26 appearances for Frankfurt alongside 14 assists.

A fluent English speaker, Marmoush said he was hugely excited at the prospect of linking up with Pep Guardiola’s reigning Premier League champions.

“This is a day I will never forget,” Marmoush said.

“To sign for Manchester City – one of the best teams in the world – is an amazing feeling. I am delighted, my family are so proud, and we are all very happy to be here in Manchester.

“With Pep, his technical staff and the world-class facilities here, players have everything they need to improve. That was really enticing for me when I had the chance to come here.

“And I cannot deny I also want to win trophies. City have been the most successful club in England for many, many years, so I know I am joining a winning environment and winning culture. I want to learn from the staff and my teammates, and I want to become a valued member of this winning team.

“I really am looking forward to getting going, meeting the other players and showing the Manchester City fans what I can do.”

Director of Football Txiki Begiristain expressed his own delight at Marmoush’s arrival at the Etihad.

“Omar is an accomplished and exciting forward, and I’m delighted he’s joining us,” he said.

“He’s had an outstanding season, and every time we have watched him, he has influenced matches.

“He has all the attributes a top-class attacker requires. He has outstanding pace and awareness, and he is exceptional in front of goal. He can also play a number of different positions, which is a really valuable asset.

“I also have no doubt that working with Pep and the technical staff here at City will see him further develop his superb attacking talent.”

Everyone at Manchester City is delighted to welcome Omar to the club and we all wish him well during his time here.

That’s probably the most succinct way of summing up Omar Marmoush’s superb impact to date across a career that began in his native Africa, but which has truly taken flight here in Europe.

It speaks volumes for his strength of character and mindset that Marmoush was so quickly able to adapt to life in a new continent after making the switch from his native Egypt to Germany in 2020.

After initially honing his craft with Wolfsburg’s reserve outfit, Marmoush graduated through to the first team ranks, making his senior debut in May 2020 before signing his maiden professional contract later that summer.

To help further aid his development Marmoush then sent time on loan with FC St Pauli, where he netted seven times from 21 appearances in Bundesliga 2 across the second half of the 2020/21 campaign.

That was followed by another valuable loan spell with Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart the following season before Marmoush then cemented his place in the Wolfsburg first team at the outset of the 2022/23 season.

However, his career in Germany really took flight the following term after summer move to Eintracht Frankfurt.

Marmoush weighed in with a superb return of 17 goals across 41 appearances during the 2023/24 season, his efforts proving instrumental in helping Eintracht finish sixth in the Bundesliga and so qualify for the Europa League.

That superb return only further highlighted his quality and talent – but though he may have come in for even closer attention from the Bundesliga defenders, this season has seen Marmoush take his game to new heights.

His outstanding return of 20 goals and 14 assists across 26 appearances – including 15 in the league – has only been bettered in Europe’s big five leagues by Marmoush’s Egyptian national team-mate Mohamed Salah.

Omar’s impact also saw him named Bundesliga Player of the Month for both September and November.

Blessed with a clinical finisher’s eye, Marmoush also boasts superb close control and dribbling skills and is also a great technician boasting a fine eye for a pass.

And the most exciting news of all for City is that at the age of 25 Marmoush’s best years are still very much ahead of him.