Manchester City expert Steven McInerney from Esteemed Kompany has told Sports Mole that Omar Marmoush “needs to start ASAP” and has backed the attacker to feature in Tuesday’s Champions League clash with Bayer Leverkusen .

Marmoush experienced a disrupted start to the 2025-26 season after sustaining a knee injury on international duty with Egypt in September, forcing him to miss seven matches in all competitions.

The 26-year-old has since started in only one of Man City’s last eight games - playing the full 90 minutes in a 3-1 EFL Cup win over Swansea City in October - and has featured six times as as substitute.

Five of those cameo appearances off the bench lasted for no more than eight minutes, including his most recent outing as a late substitute in the Citizens

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