Update (Thursday 27 August). Sky Sports report that the purchase is an obligation rather than an option, and that it stands at £60m — higher than the £50m in the first reports. That confirms the discrepancy we flagged yesterday. Marmoush is set to sign a five-year contract, and according to Fabrizio Romano the paperwork was due to be completed on Thursday. Together with Savinho, the double deal with Manchester City is worth around £135-140m, taking Tottenham’s summer spending close to £400m. Before the GW2 deadline (Friday, 6.30pm) Marmoush is still listed as a City player in the game.
Omar Marmoush is joining Tottenham from Manchester City. The clubs have a verbal agreement, the Egypt international said yes several days ago, and he arrived at Spurs’ training ground on Wednesday morning for his medical. The structure is unusual: a season-long loan with an obligation to buy that triggers once certain conditions are met.
Fabrizio Romano reported the agreement with a £50m buy clause. Later reports (RTE, Yahoo Sports) put the obligation closer to £60m next summer — the gap is most likely add-ons on top of the base fee. The conditions that activate the obligation have not been disclosed. The move is not official yet.
Why this structure
Not long ago the talk was of a straight permanent deal worth £74–75m. What has been negotiated is far cheaper up front: Tottenham pay a loan fee now and only commit the full amount a year from now, and only if the agreed conditions are met. The risk is split between the two clubs, which makes sense for a player who has lost his place.
Marmoush arrived at City from Eintracht Frankfurt in January 2025 for around £59m. Last season he started just eight Premier League games — which is the real answer to why the champions are willing to let him go on these terms.
It is another piece of City’s summer rebuild, which we covered yesterday: Rodri, Reijnders, Savinho and Nico González have all left, while record money went the other way for Bouaddi.
Tottenham are buying out of necessity
This is Spurs’ eighth signing of the summer and their second from Manchester City in a matter of days — Savinho moved earlier for an initial fee of around £75m. After losing 3-0 to Brentford on opening weekend, strengthening the attack stopped being a matter of ambition.
One look at the flags in Tottenham’s forward line explains the scale of the problem.
| Player | Status in the game | AI Rating | GW1 minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohammed Kudus | thigh, 50% chance of playing | 62 | 0 |
| Xavi Simons | knee, unknown return date | 61 | 0 |
| Wilson Odobert | knee, unknown return date | 49 | 0 |
| Dejan Kulusevski | knee, unknown return date | 10 | 0 |
| Pape Matar Sarr | hamstring, unknown return date | 54 | 0 |
| James Maddison | shoulder, 75% chance of playing | 40 | 22 |
What it means for your FPL squad
Start with what is already fact in the game: Savinho is now listed as a Tottenham player, priced at £6.5m with 0.3% ownership. That tells you something useful about timing — the game moves players quickly once a transfer is announced. If Marmoush is confirmed before Friday, his card will switch clubs too.
Marmoush himself is still a City player in the game, priced at £7.0m, owned by 1.0%, carrying an AI Rating of 58 and a sell verdict. He played no minutes in Gameweek 1.
That rating should look familiar, because it is the same mechanic we described yesterday with Liam Delap: our model rewards proven minutes, and a player who has not been playing has none. It rates the situation, not the talent, and it will climb once he is on the pitch.
The tempting trap before Friday
The Gameweek 2 deadline is 6.30pm on Friday 28 August, and Tottenham host Newcastle on Saturday — one of the easier fixtures of the round by official difficulty. Reports suggest Marmoush could feature as soon as this week.
Even so, this is hard to recommend. Neither Marmoush nor Savinho has a single minute this season. Both walk into a squad where Richarlison (rating 79, 3.0% ownership, 67 minutes in GW1), Mathys Tel (71, a full 90) and Dominic Solanke are already competing for the same places. Buying a player the day before a match without knowing whether he starts is not an edge — it is a lottery.
If you want Tottenham exposure for Saturday, the defence makes far more sense: Marcos Senesi (rating 85, 7.9% ownership) and Jan Paul van Hecke (84, 10.0%, just £5.0m) both played the full 90 and are the highest-rated players at the club in our AI Player Rankings. Watch Pedro Porro, though — 13.9% of managers own him and he did not play at all in Gameweek 1.
On the Manchester City side
Losing a player owned by 1% changes nothing in your squad. What matters is who stays: Haaland (rating 88, 68.3% ownership), Semenyo (88) and Rayan Cherki, who scored 8 points in just 27 minutes and is still owned by only 9.9%.
Two flags are worth checking before Friday: Elliot Anderson (rating 85, 6.5% ownership) has a knock and a 75% chance of playing, while Jérémy Doku is not expected back from a calf problem until around 5 September. City travel to Crystal Palace on Friday night in one of the tougher away fixtures of the round. The full list of flags is in our Injury Centre.
How much time is left
The transfer window closes at 11pm UK time on 1 September. The FPL Gameweek 2 deadline comes first, at 6.30pm on Friday 28 August.
Status as of Wednesday 26 August: verbal agreement in place, medical under way, no official confirmation from either club. We will update this article once the move is announced. Sources: Fabrizio Romano, RTE, Yahoo Sports, Sky Sports.