Coveted player of the winter transfer window, Egyptian international Omar Marmoush scored his 14th goal of the season in the Bundesliga on Saturday afternoon, offering victory to Eintracht Frankfurt on the lawn of Sankt Pauli (1-0), for the 16th day of the German championship. Thanks to this difficult success, Frankfurt returned to winning ways after three matches without a win in the Bundesliga (four defeats and a draw in all competitions before the winter break).
Omar Marmoush opened the scoring after half an hour of play, but did not celebrate his goal, he who played on loan at Sankt Pauli from January to June 2021. With 30 points, Eintracht is five points behind on Leverkusen (35), winner in Dortmund on Friday (3-2), and six on Bayern (36), leader of the Bundesliga who travels to Mönchengladbach in the early evening (6:30 p.m.).
Frankfurt confirms interest from “a club”
Before the start of the match, Eintracht sporting director Markus Krösche confirmed on broadcaster Sky the interest of a club, without mentioning it, for Marmoush. “A club made contact“, he explained without mentioning the name of the club.
Sky had indicated during the week that Manchester City had reached an agreement with the player. The Citizens have not replaced Julian Alvarez numerically, who left last summer for Atlético Madrid and find themselves helpless at the center forward position when Erling Haaland is not there or needs to breathe. In difficulty in the Champions League (8 points after six days), Manchester City faces Paris SG on January 22, while the winter transfer market is open until February 3.
