The Egyptian forward's future at Manchester City is in doubt

During this period, he started just 22 Premier League matches and came on as a substitute 15 times, scoring 10 goals. However, Marmush constantly has to play second fiddle to Erling Holland, and with the arrival of Mareska, this situation is unlikely to change. Marmus once again demonstrated his potential on Sunday during the pre-season tour in Seoul, scoring two goals in the winning match against Atletico Madrid (3:1). However, after the game, Maresca compared the Egyptian's situation to the story of goalkeeper James Trafford, who moved to Leeds last week precisely because of a lack of game practice. Responding to journalists' questions about the forward's future, the Italian specialist noted: "The answer should be similar to the one I gave about James Trafford. The players work every day, they want to play, so when they don't play, they are unhappy. Omar didn't play much last year, so his desire is probably to get more minutes. It doesn't mean he won't play here more, but this is his career and he needs to make his own decisions," the manager said. City's pre-season tour of Asia is without a host of key players who have been rested since the World Cup. Erling Holland, Rhodri and Ryan Sherkey, as well as representatives of the England national team: Elliott Anderson, Mark Gay and Nico O'Reilly, are absent. Despite the experimental composition, Maresca sees positive dynamics in the implementation of his style of play: "I am very happy, especially because the players were open to new things from the very beginning. They want to learn and understand why we do certain things. When you come to a new club, you always try to introduce new models or ideas. There is still a huge way to improve, but the most important thing is that I see that we are trying to transfer to the field what we practice in training, and we are getting better at it every day," Allenatore emphasized.