Giggs, then an analyst for Uefa, saw Marmoush at an under-17s tournament in Dubai and told an agent about him, who alerted Pierre Littbarski, head of scouting at Wolfsburg. "Marmoush was really fast at that time, took a lot of risks, was technically strong and did some surprising things." Littbarski said later. "He was an uncut diamond."

Egyptian scored 15 goals in 17 Bundesliga appearances for Eintracht Frankfurt before making the move to Manchester. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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