There’s an opportunity that when Manchester Metropolis host Chelsea on Saturday, a file signing may debut in ahead Omar Marmoush. The Egyptian worldwide has arrived from Eintracht Frankfurt as the newest glittering export from the Bundesliga aspect. Within the midst of a season the place he has scored 20 targets and assisted 14 extra in 26 appearances in all competitions, he’ll be anticipated to contribute rapidly for Metropolis as proven by the $75 million that was splashed out on him, good for the fourth most costly switch in Metropolis historical past.
Trying on the gamers round him in Metropolis’s high 10 switch charges, there’s a combine of excellent firm, together with Jack Grealish, Josko Gvardiol, Kevin De Bruyne, Ruben Dias, Rodri, Riyad Mahrez, Joao Cancelo, Aymeric Laporte, and Raheem Sterling. When Metropolis determine a high-priced goal, its international scouting division not often misses, however there’s additionally a little bit of warning that comes with Frankfurt promoting forwards.
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Over time, they’ve grow to be a ahead manufacturing facility with names corresponding to Sebastian Haller, Luka Jovic, Andre Silva, and Randal Kolo-Muani departing for large charges, however a typical theme has been that each one of those forwards struggled within the season after departing the Bundesliga. Marmoush may even have the extra challenge of being a January switch, arriving midseason when it is tougher to combine and settle with a brand new crew. Granted, most transfers additionally aren’t supported by world class gamers like Kevin De Bruyne and Phil Foden, however even when Frankfurt transfers have discovered themselves in optimum conditions, they’ve nonetheless struggled.
One instance of that is Jovic. He broke out as a younger striker scoring 27 targets and helping seven extra in all competitions in the course of the 2018-19 season incomes himself a transfer to Actual Madrid. Since that transfer, he hasn’t registered greater than 15 objective contributions in a season for any crew, together with a mortgage again to Frankfurt earlier than transferring to Fiorentina and now Milan. Kolo Muani is already on the transfer from Paris Saint-Germain to Juventus after lower than two seasons within the French capital however he has skilled comparable struggles after making the bounce.
Haller is among the extra profitable Frankfurt striker exports, however even his first transfer after leaving the Bundesliga membership was a wrestle. At West Ham United he scored a complete of 14 targets throughout two seasons and virtually equaled that in a half season with Ajax earlier than making a transfer to Borussia Dortmund. Silva moved throughout the Bundesliga to RB Leipzig and skilled an excessive drop off going from 28 targets in his final season for Frankfurt to solely 11 for Leipzig and hasn’t damaged double digit league targets in a season since.
Whereas Metropolis cannot fear about this historical past after they’re attempting to salvage their season, it additionally cannot be ignored. Marmoush has been a participant who could make issues occur off the dribble and is not afraid to shoot from anyplace, which may match effectively in Metropolis’s assault which has been crying out for a substitute for Julian Alvarez since his departure to Atletico Madrid. This season could also be too early to evaluate the transfer however with the payment connected comes strain for the Egyptian. Solely time will inform if he goes extra within the path of Haller or turns into the newest Frankfurt striker to wrestle when the lights get brighter.
