Transfer fee at Haaland level?
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Manchester City is once again turning to the Bundesliga to look for reinforcements. As reported by the English newspaper « The Telegraph », coach Pep Guardiola’s team is pushing for the signing of Eintracht Frankfurt prodigy Omar Marmoush (25), who, alongside the star of Bayern Harry Kane (31 years old), is the top scorer and goal scorer in the German championship. upper room.
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According to “Sky” transfer journalist Florian Plettenberg, Man City have officially informed Eintracht of their intention to buy the player immediately. The Frankfurt team therefore does not want to let Marmoush leave for less than 80 million euros, while from the point of view of City and the striker’s representatives, an amount of up to 60 million euros is more realistic. Marmoush’s market value also reached this amount in the Bundesliga December update. « There is no contact between the clubs and until that is the case we don’t need to talk about it, » coach Dino Toppmöller told a press conference. Marmoush is a player of enormous importance. “He is making a good impression in training and will also start on Saturday.”
Updated January 9 at 7:03 p.m.: But seemingly heated negotiations are taking place behind the scenes. As ‘Sky’ reported on Thursday evening, Marmoush’s side have now reached a verbal agreement with Man City regarding a transfer. As a result, the attacker wants to switch to English immediately and the EMS has also been informed of this. The Citizens’ first offer is expected this weekend at the latest.
The Skyblues are confident the 25-year-old can break into the Premier League thanks to his pace and ability to play in multiple attacking positions. The Egypt international quadrupled his market value last year; only six professionals worldwide recorded a larger increase. Marmoush is tied to Eintracht until 2027 and there is no exit clause, as sporting director Markus Krösche recently revealed: « Nothing is regulated. »
“We want to keep this team together this winter so that we can achieve our sporting goals. We still have a lot of potential for development in one area or another, but also as a team. Omar is an important part of it. “The question therefore does not arise,” Krösche said on “Welt TV”. Of course, there are always limits to pain. “There are always sums where we as a club have to ask ourselves if it is the right time and the right amount. But we are not that far away. Basically, the club depends on transfer revenue. In the event of departure, a replacement would have to be found; among the candidates are Jonathan Burkardt (24 years old) from Mainz or Arnaud Kalimuendo (22 years old) from Stade Rennes.
Marmouch next? Manchester City and the Bundesliga at the center
After difficult sporting weeks, Man City wants to strengthen its squad in order to regain the Champions League places in the Premier League. Currently sixth in the standings, the Skyblues are two points off the standings and are already twelve points behind Liverpool, leader of the championship. With six defeats, Guardiola’s team has already recorded twice as many defeats after 20 games as the previous season. In the premier category, there is also a risk of early elimination with 22nd place.
The Citizens have recently liked to look to Germany when looking for new players. In total, 325 million euros have been paid over the last ten years for Erling Haaland (24 years old) – who also cost 60 million euros -, Josko Gvardiol (22 years old), Manuel Akanji (29 years old), Leroy Sané (28 years old), Ilkay Gündoğan (34 years old) and Kevin De Bruyne (33 years old) to Bundesliga clubs. Only Sané, who now lives in Munich, is no longer in Manchester. Man City have only spent more money on new Premier League signings in the last decade – just over €500 million. With the sum announced, Marmoush would be the second most expensive winter transfer for the Skyblues behind Aymeric Laporte (30 years old; 2018 for 65 million euros from Bilbao).