From dreaming for the Spaniard to costing Manchester City 80 million euros

It seems a matter of days, even hours, that the Egyptian Omar Marmoush become a new player City of Manchestereager to strengthen its squad in this winter market after an unprecedented run of results since the arrival of Pep Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium.

One victory in 13 games (nine losses and three draws) accumulated, between October 30 and December 26, the current English champions, boosted by three consecutive victories against City of Leicester (0-2), West Ham (4-1) and Salford (8-0) but repeated the offender Brentfordlet a two-goal lead slip away in the final minutes of a contest that ended 2-2.

With footballers like Kevin Brunewhose contract ends on June 30, Ilkay Gundogan either Bernard Silva far from its best level, Guardiola his eyes focused Marmoushthe pharaoh who conquered the Bundesliga based on goals (he had 27 with Eintracht Frankfurt last year and a half) and who, not long ago, was named for RCD Espanyol.

It will be in the summer of 2022. Los parakeet, in complete reconstruction after the departure of heavyweights such as Diego Lopez, David Lopez o Oscar Melendothey are looking for an attacker to relieve the march of Wu Leireturn to China. And in that context the name of Omarat that time in Wolfsburg.

But Marmoushwho was loaned out in the second half of last season Stuttgart Due to his lack of popularity, he has begun to make a place for himself in the plans of the wolves, who do not want to let him out. The Cairo native played 36 games and, when his contract with the Volkswagen Arena club expired, he headed to Frankfurtwhere he scored 57 goals (37 goals and 20 assists) in 67 games.

Figures that raised him to the Olympus of European football and that, if nothing goes wrong, will end in Marmoush at the command of Guardiola after the payment of 80 million euros.