The 25-year-old striker's profile analysed - and a look at how he is likely to fit City manager Pep Guardiola's system

It's been a circuitous route to the top for Omar Marmoush but, at the age of 25, he has finally arrived after a €60m transfer to Manchester City.

Manchester City’s latest January signing Omar Marmoush has admitted to the Etihad Stadium atmosphere being “crazy” in his debut for the club on Saturday evening.The Egyptian international made

Manchester City has taken its spending this week to around $150 million by signing Egypt forward Omar Marmoush in a move that provides some belated backup to star striker Erling Haaland.

Manchester City have been overly reliant on Erling Haaland since Julian Alvarez's departure to Atletico Madrid. Can Eintract Frankfurt star Omar Marmoush fill the void?

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.

Pep Guardiola has insisted upon his belief that Omar Marmoush had a “really good” Manchester City debut in the 3-1 win over Chelsea on Saturday evening.The Egyptian forward is fresh into the

Marmoush's goal tally included four braces, against Wolfsburg, Holstein Kiel, Bayern Munich and Heidenheim. His final two appearances for the German side featured two goals and an asisst, helping lift the club to third in the table at the time of his departure.

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."

Omar Marmoush completes initial £59m move to Man City from Eintracht Frankfurt, signing a five-year deal at the Etihad; Egypt forward becomes Pep Guardiolas side third signing of the January window fo

Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, the second highest scorer in the Bundesliga this season, has agreed a contract until 2029.

Mo Salah's Egyptian teammate Omar Marmoush has gone from largely unknown to big money Manchester City signing. But his rise to prominence in Germany's Bundesliga was not always smooth.