The Egyptian striker is officially the owner of the No. 7 shirt at Manchester City after completing his transfer from Eintracht Frankfurt. The defending English champions reportedly paid a $73 million fee to bring the in-form Marmoush to the Etihad during the January transfer window.

Manchester City's new signings Omar Marmoush, Vitor Reis and Abdukodir Khusanov will be in the squad for Saturday's league game against Chelsea, boss Pep Guardiola said ahead of the battle between two teams chasing a Champions League spot.

New signings Abdukodir Khusanov and Omar Marmoush are both handed immediate City debuts with fellow January arrival Vitor Reis named on the bench for Saturday’s Premier League home clash with

Rodri remains sidelined with a long-term knee injury and Oscar Bobb has gradually been building up his fitness after more than five months out with a leg fracture, while Nathan Ake and Jeremy Doku were both left at home in midweek due to injury; the latter of whom picked up a knock in the win over Ipswich.

City also face Arsenal, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest over the coming weeks while an FA Cup fourth round tie with Leyton Orient should see them into a last 16 clash to take place in early March.

Yesterday saw Omar Marmoush and Abdukodir Khusanov make their debuts for Manchester City against Chelsea. In the case of Marmoush, in the 74 minutes that he was on the pitch, he showed that