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Omar Marmoush, the Joker that no Batman can stop – Germany – Eintracht Frankfurt

The Bundesliga has a reputation that is more or less justified depending on the season: that of completely relaunching or “giving a career” to players who are otherwise average or ineffective elsewhere (no, Randal Kolo Muani is not targeted), but whose few These qualities are highlighted more than necessary by the generous defenses which are rampant across the Rhine, offering space and generosity to anyone who wants to rush into them. A postulate that doesn't work every time. At 25 years old, Omar Marmoush is what we could call an offensive player in his own right. primearmed with his 10 pawns for 6 assists in just 9 league matches this season. “Harry Kaneesque” figures, moreover shared by the bomber of His Majesty, who once again flies over – and this was planned – the BuLi. All competitions combined, the record seems even more gluttonous: 14 matches, 12 goals, 8 assists. Currently, these statistics make him the best performing African player in the world in the first months of competition. So obviously, the desires of the elite begin to fall. Among the lot, the interest of Liverpool, where a certain Pharaoh still plays, is serious. But to do this it will be necessary to satisfy Eintracht Frankfurt, who would demand no less than 60 million euros, according to Bild. Not bad for someone who arrived free, in the summer of 2023, in the German economic capital.

Germany at its feet

Was it written that the Egyptian “joker” (like his mask during certain celebrations) would eventually reach his current level? A spectacular striker of his state, the one who left his native Cairo in 2017 for the Wolfsburg U19s has always known how to take care of his first impression and the artistic note that goes with it. As when he gave victory to the Egyptian national team against Libya in 2021, for his first match under the flag, on behalf of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Despite everything, the one who also has Canadian nationality via his parents, who lived there, needed several seasons of adaptation in the elite before taking off, to the point of being today touched by a form of grace. Like Serhou Guirassy before him, like other center forwards who finally flourished in an extremely direct form of football. He never really stood out at Wolfsburg, who sent him on loan to Sankt Pauli or Stuttgart, where he was intermittent in entertainment. It was with the Eagles, upon his arrival last season, that he found a cocoon to emulate.

Technical and versatile on the attacking front, sometimes as a support, sometimes as a winger, sometimes as a pivot, tactically disciplined, with a burst of speed that allows him to roam almost everywhere and excel in transition (Dayot Upamecano knows something about this). thing), Marmoush is perfectly suited to Dino Toppmöller's system, which allows him to constantly play on the surprise effect. . Again triple decisive against Bochum this Saturday (1 goal, 2 assists, final score 7-2), he even had the luxury of overtaking Mohamed Zidan, to become the best Egyptian passer in the history of the Bundesliga. While the profile of the Egyptian offensive player is rather that of an exclusively technically fine player, Marmoush knows – thanks to concrete supports – to make the lies lie. profilers budding by resisting the charges of centrals more powerful than him on paper, to play with his back to goal and serve his partners in good conditions. If he manages to progress in his defensive work, without the ball, the former VfL should succeed elsewhere than in the Bundesliga and carry the Pharaohs of Egypt exponentially, while Mohamed Salah still struggles to be a prophet in his country.

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