Tottenham Hotspur are on the hook for 60 million pounds with an obligation to buy in their loan deal with Manchester City for Omar Marmoush, and, right now, that deal looks like a huge mistake. Spurs had a lot of optimism and were overjoyed at the Marmoush signing, and even though they did need another forward with more of a true No. 9 profile, Marmoush was seen as a massive upgrade in quality on what they had last season when they finished 17th in the Premier League.
But with just one goal in nine appearances and poor creative numbers to make up for that, Marmoush is looking like a monumental transfer bust. The same questions about how he translates to the Premier League and his best position are being asked in more forceful ways at Tottenham, because he has more expectations and a more important role in their squad than he did on a Man City team that was going to compete for Premier League titles regardless of what he did.
Omar Marmoush is not matching his price tag
Marmoush, of course, was not the only bold loan signing Spurs made in the summer, as Roberto De Zerbi snagged Chelsea winger Mykhaylo Mudryk to reunite himself with one of his personal favorite players. Mudryk is rated by precisely nobody in world football but De Zerbi, and his option to buy on the loan deal contains a ridiculous 75 million pound clause that nobody in their right mind would take - and nobody thinks Mudryk can live up to it.
If Omar Marmoush keeps playing this poorly for Tottenham Hotspur, even though his loan deal is a totally different case since it is an obligation to buy, fans are going to start to look at the Egyptian international the same way that they do Mudryk. Fans already want Mudryk's loan from Chelsea terminated if possible so the runway is totally clear for Luca Williams-Barnett, and if Marmoush can't start scoring goals, Tottenham fans will want the club to do anything out of desperation to send him back to Manchester City so they can avoid 60 million pounds in fees at the end of the season.
It sounds harsh, but if Marmoush isn't getting it done, that money and that roster spot is better off being spent on a top striker in the winter, like Victor Osimhen, who can score the goals and is actually worth the 60 million pounds. Given Marmoush and Savio were a package deal and Man City would have otherwise asked for more from the Marmoush deal without accounting for Savio, stopping this loan is highly unlikely, but Marmoush is starting to look like at least as bad of a deal as Mudryk if he doesn't step up. He may be the better player, but Spurs are on the hook guaranteed.
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