Manchester City’s sale of Argentine international Julian Alvarez to Atletico Madrid put the burden on Norwegian international Erling Haaland, forcing him to rely on him for goals.
The first half of the season was particularly bad, with wingers and attacking midfielders failing to make decisions across the board, and the defence collapsing and looking unprecedented.
City have made aggressive reinforcements this winter to revive the team, with Egyptian international Omar Marmoush challenging for the Premier League for the first time as a standout player.
A high decision-maker during his time at Wolfsburg, he was asked to replace and co-exist with Harland and quickly scored a hat-trick against Newcastle United. He has started life in Manchester in good form.
When asked if he is happy that his country’s players are taking on new challenges in England, Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah, a senior member of the Egyptian national team and senior player in the Premier League, said that he hopes to see more Egyptian players in the future, but also confessed that Marmoush is like a little brother to him.
“Yes, of course. Hopefully, there will soon be many, many [Egyptian] players at the highest level. We have our culture, we have a lot of players – a lot of talented players.”
“They could play at the highest level, but we just need to change our mentality a little bit and adapt to European culture. Because this is very different from our culture. I’m very happy for Omar and hope that many other players will join us.”
“It’s good, he’s like a little brother. I told him that I’m always there when he needs something.”
“We’ve written to each other a few times and we’ve always spoken to each other in the national team. Our relationship is good.”
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