Egyptian Omar Marmoush has become the most expensive transfer deal for African players in the history of football after joining England’s Manchester City from Germany’s Eintracht Frankfurt for 80 million euros.
Yesterday, Friday, Omar Marmoush bid farewell to Eintracht Frankfurt fans in preparation for his transfer to Manchester City during the current winter transfer period.
Florian Plattenberg, a journalist for Sky Sport Germany, revealed that Marmoush will undergo a medical examination in Manchester City on Monday.
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano, who specializes in the transfer market, indicated that the total value of the deal reached 80 million euros, with 75 million euros as a fixed fee plus 5 million as variables according to the player’s performance.
Thus, Marmoush topped the list of the most expensive African deals, alongside Ivorian Pepe, the winger of the English Arsenal team (80 million euros), after joining the Gunners in the summer of 2019 from the French team Lille.
These are the 10 most expensive deals for African players in the history of football:
1- Egyptian Omar Marmoush (From Eintracht Frankfurt to Manchester City): 80 million euros.
2-Ivory Coast Nicolas Pepe (From French Lille to Arsenal): 80 million euros.
3- Nigerian Victor Osimhen (From Lille, France to Naples): 70 million euros.
4- Algerian Riyad Mahrez (From Leicester City to Manchester City): 67 million euros.
-5- Ghanaian Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (From Dortmund to Arsenal): 63.8 million euros.
6-Guinean Naby Keita (From Leipzig to Liverpool): 60 million euros.
7- Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (From Inter Milan to Paris Saint-Germain): 60 million euros.
8- Ivory Coast Sebastien Haller (From Frankfurt to West Ham): 50 million euros.
9- Ghanaian Thomas Partey (From Atletico Madrid to Arsenal): 50 million euros.
10- Egyptian Mohamed Salah (From Rome to Liverpool): 42 million euros.
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