Giggs, then an analyst for Uefa, saw Marmoush at an under-17s tournament in Dubai and told an agent about him, who alerted Pierre Littbarski, head of scouting at Wolfsburg. "Marmoush was really fast at that time, took a lot of risks, was technically strong and did some surprising things." Littbarski said later. "He was an uncut diamond."

Man City spent £59 million on attacking reinforcements, but their new signing will have to wait to feature in the Champions League.

Manchester City have completed the signing of Egypt forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt, the Premier League club have announced. The 25-year-old has signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with the champions after moving in a deal understood to be worth £59.1million plus a potential further £4.2million in add-ons.

Omar Marmoush has named the five positions he can play for Man City after completing his move - and Pep Guardiola is not done yet with two more signings being targeted.

Manchester City have bolstered their attacking options by signing Egyptian forward Omar Marmous h from Eintracht Frankfurt for a fee in the region of €70million (£59m) to €75m, plus bonuses.

Tottenham Hotspur are also said to have been eyeing Marmoush, and Newcastle United have also been credited with an interest in the Egypt international. Fabrizio Romano has now provided a major update on Marmoush’s future, declaring “here we go” on his move to a Premier League giant.

The exciting Egyptian forward is now a Manchester City player – and here’s 10 things you should know about our new No.7…He could have represented CanadaOmar’s excellent grasp of the English

Manchester City's new signing Omar Marmoush, described as a 'golden boy' by Mohamed Salah, will be hoping to carve out a career as successful as his Egypt teammate - albeit in his own way - after completing a move to the Premier League.

Reeling from a damaging loss in the Champions League, Manchester City took its spending this week to around $150 million by signing Egypt forward Omar Marmoush on Thursday in a move that provides some belated backup to star striker Erling Haaland.

Manchester City's new signings Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov will be in the squad for Saturday's league game against Chelsea, boss Pep Guardiola said ahead of the battle between two teams chasing a Champions League spot.

Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush greets fans after the German Bundesliga ... its Premier League title defense — 12 points behind leader Liverpool having played one game more. “This is a day I will ...