Manchester United have stolen a march on bitter rivals Liverpool by opening talks for red-hot Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush, according to reports.
As per CaughtOffside, United “have reportedly had first contacts over the potential transfer” of the Egyptian forward, who has bagged 17 goals and assisted 11 times in 19 matches in all competitions this season.
The article doesn’t credit a source for this claim, but observes that it “makes sense” for top clubs like United to be pursuing the 25-year-old.
The Old Trafford side have already been linked with Marmoush but are far from alone in their interest.
Liverpool were thought to be closest, so United establishing contact ahead of Arne Slot’s outfit would be particularly sweet.
Mohamed Salah’s contract expires in the summer, and Marmoush is a strong contender to take his fellow Egyptian’s place as a talismanic frontman at Anfield – he has even been dubbed the “new Mohamed Salah”.
Just like Joshua Zirkzee and Marcus Rashford, the Bundesliga hitman marked 1 December with a brace in a 4-0 victory, but unlike them he has failed to score in just three league matches this term.
Marmoush turned in a man of the match performance and picked up a sofascore rating of 9.1 against FC Heidenheim to keep Frankfurt second in the table.
Another noteworthy comparison is that the Egyptian’s goal tally in all competitions is the same as the entire United squad have managed in the Premier League.
It was only yesterday’s emphatic win over Everton that drew Ruben Amorim’s squad level with the Frankfurt hitman, so it is little wonder that the Portuguese manager is desperate for forward reinforcements in January.
Marmoush is currently in the form of his life and has already matched his goal total from last season, which was his first in Frankfurt.
He took to the field five times with Donny van de Beek, who was on loan at the Waldstadion from United before departing for Girona in the summer.
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Joe Ponting
Joe has spent more than half his life writing about football and all of it following United. As a child he told a doctor his name was ‘Paul Scholes’, but could never pick a pass like him no matter how much he tried.
