Man City look to finalise £67m signing of Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush with Pep Guardiola’s side prepared to spend over £100m in this transfer window

Manchester City will look to conclude a potential £67million deal for Eintracht Frankfurt striker Omar Marmoush this week as they splash out over £100million this window.

Egypt international Marmoush has already agreed personal terms and City are in the throes of negotiating the structure of the fee before signing the prolific forward.

Mail Sport exclusively revealed City’s interest last month and on Saturday Frankfurt sporting director Markus Krosche confirmed: ‘One club has made contact. A club has expressed its interest.’ Marmoush went on to score Frankfurt’s winner in their 1-0 win at St Pauli.

The 25-year-old, second only to Harry Kane in the Bundesliga scoring charts, has now scored 19 goals overall this season. City have been looking for a forward to alleviate the burden on Erling Haaland and Pep Guardiola has admitted they made a mistake by not replacing Julian Alvarez who joined Atletico Madrid in the summer.

City had originally hoped to land Marmoush for around £40m but Frankfurt have been insistent that they want a premium because it is the January window and they need to find a replacement.

City are bolstering their squad to give Guardiola fresh impetus for the second half of the season. Centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov is expected to arrive from Lens at the start of this week after City agreed to pay £33.5million for the Uzbekistan international. 

Pep Guardiola’s City could spend over £100million during the Winter transfer window

Centre-back Abdukodir Khusanov is expected to arrive at City from Lens for £33.5million

City remain in negotiations with Palmeiras over Vitor Reis, who could cost £37million

The 20-year-old will sign a four and a half year contract with an option for a further year. City remain in negotiations for 18-year-old Brazilian centre-back Vitor Reis from Palmeiras also but the plan is for him to join them after the World Club Cup in July.

Palmeiras are pushing for a £37m deal which would represent a Brazilian record fee for a defender.

City have not finished there and remain alert to adding another midfielder this month.