Why Manchester City's £125million spending spree is just the beginning after PSG humbling exposed what they still desperately need
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Manchester City’s dejected squad will have just been beginning to meander towards their recovery session when the third new arrival of a busy January window was announced, grinning with the No 7 shirt. Costing an initial £59million, which is likely to rise to £63m with bonuses, 25-year-old Omar Marmoush is the sort of signing who can ignite a season. He talked about his dreams coming true, about how Pep Guardiola can utilise him anywhere across the front three or in behind someone in Erling Haaland whom he labelled ‘a machine’.
![[Marmoush has scored 20 goals in 26 games for the Bundesliga side so far this season]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94424425-14317473-Marmoush_has_scored_20_goals_in_26_games_for_German_club_Eintrac-a-3_1737650426469.jpg)
Marmoush’s campaign so far with Eintracht Frankfurt, 15 goals in the Bundesliga (only Harry Kane, with 16, has more), is evidence that the Egyptian should offer City more threat in the final third. But it is his eagerness to run and scamper that ought to provide that extra bit of help to an ailing, aging team who capitulated in Paris 11 hours prior to the club’s confirmation of their attacking cavalry.
![[Brazilian wonderkid Vitor Reis will wear the No 22 shirt after a £29.6m move from Palmeiras]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/14/94434589-14317473-image-a-24_1737641191362.jpg)
It takes City’s spending in January to around £125m, with young defenders Abdukodir Khusanov – the first Uzbek to sign for a Premier League club – and Vitor Reis in the building earlier in the week. The injury situation – Ruben Dias again suffering a problem ahead of Chelsea on Saturday, Nathan Ake sidelined once more – and loan departure of Kyle Walker to AC Milan meant bodies were required.
![[City suffered a dramatic collapse against PSG as they lost 4-2 having been 2-0 ahead]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/23/16/94442211-14317473-image-a-4_1737650666060.jpg)
