Quality player.
Omar Marmoush
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Many think that there's substance behind the possibility that City will emerge the verdict with a smile hence the fact that they're spending again after a couple of years of austerity.
Far from expecting a points deduction I would suggest the opposite is true hence the fact that the wallet has now reopened?
They're looking for a blend of players to solve immediate problems and alsoi nvesting in the future.
They've been poor on the recruitment side for a couple of years. This is them trying to make up for lost time.
They've no worries about PSR these days.
Doesn't seem suited to City from the little I've seen / heard about him. Massive price tag too.
Forgot about their huge revenue leaps in recent years.
Good to know they’ve found ways to sort PSR
The TV revenue and transfer revenue are indisputable.Forgot about their huge revenue leaps in recent years.
Good to know they’ve found ways to sort PSR
Nobody is disputing those...
14 goals, 8 assists. Almost the same stats as Kane. He looks pretty much like the playmaking forward they missed out on with Kane.
Good numbers for sure, but I'd look to how well the likes of Jovic & Kolo-Muani did at Frankfurt before landing big moves and underwhelming. They're clearly doing something right with their attacking talent which so far at least, has not translated consistently when the players themselves move on.
I'd also say that Marmoush looks more suited to a more counter attacking setup, running in behind and covering space quickly. This feels like a bad fit for City for obvious reasons, but I don't keep as up to date on these things these days so, who knows. Could well be wrong.
I haven't seen him play too many times he certainly isn't a carbon copy of Kane but he is a striker who always seems to have an eye for team mates and is quite a bit faster than Kane, even though he rather goes wide than dropping deep like Kane does.
On top of that City have unfortunately been doing really well with their Bundesliga recruitments, especially if you compare it to our track record. Kompany, Sane, De Bruyne, Haaland, Gündogan, Gvardiol and even Akanji have done all pretty well for them.
Sure, I can see that. And yes they have historically done well from the bundesliga.
I suppose a bigger question will be how well he is able to fit into their rotation. Perhaps like Alvarez (for a time) he'll be fine not being the main man? Perhaps not.
I don't think it'll pan out, but who knows.
Pathetic by Frankfurt. Looking forward to see them collapse.
Can’t exactly blame them for accepting 80m for a player that has only looked special for half a season.
He'll excel down in the Nation League.
Are Frankfurt the new Dortmund?
Making average players look great and then $$$.
Are Frankfurt the new Dortmund?
Making average players look great and then $$$.
Given they're the most profitable football club in the world (lol) why are people wondering how they can buy players?
Dortmund is in decline for several years now and Frankfurt and Leipzig really are challenging their status. Both clubs regularly win stuff or at least challenge for titles, just like Dortmund and develop players.
Frankfurt did never qualify for the CL (except by winning the EL), which makes their success a bit weird, but that also gave them a repuation of being the only second tier club that guarantees you a shot at winning something. That allowed them to sign a bunch of interesting players and talents, and yes also to sell them for big money. They are kind of a "second chance club" for those players who don't break through immediately (like Marmoush and also Ekitike this season).
Considering the bigger picture, last season Leverkusen and even Stuttgart started to challenge Dortmund's status as well on a national level and so far seem to be confirming that level. Dortmund right now is far away from being the "second lighthouse of German football" as Watzke once called it.
Interesting. Thanks for the info.
Are there any signs of breaking Bayern's stranglehold over the league any time soon?
The Bundesliga's 51% fan model is great. I wish the FA would have implemented such a rule for membership.
Do Bundesliga followers think he will justify the price tag?
Some are there. Bayern hasn't won the cup for some years, did lose the last title and would have lost the title the season before if Dortmund hadn't been a bunch of mentally weak crybabies who were shocked that Mainz actually tried to win a match on the final day of the season that was irrelevant for them. Köln fought harder that day against Bayern (also irrelevant for them) than Dortmund against Mainz.
And that said, Bayern's results this season are slightly worse than last season at the same time. The only reason why there is no crisis talk is Leverkusen's slow start this season.
Will depend a lot on how City will actually use them. He currently excels mostly alongside Ekitike and could probably form a similar partnership with Haaland. But for me it's a huge question how the whole formation would look then and how often he gets to use his speed. After all Frankfurt currently are mostly great in transition, not so much in possession (despite clearly trying to develop in that direction)
Close thread, he's City's now.
Thanks, there is hope he will be a flop at least.
Incredible unlikely simply because to justify 70/80m€ you have to be really really good. I'm not saying he can't be a good addition to their squad but it's crazy money for someone who is already 25 and has had 1,5 good seasons. Just 3 years ago he was bouncing around on loans.
Rumors of him earning €16m at City. That would be £250k pw and insanity.
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