In a packed cafe in Cairo, all eyes were glued to a flickering flat-screen TV, waiting for Omar Marmoush, now donning Manchester City's sky-blue jersey, to step onto the pitch.

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The latest Qatari takeover story in the Guardian has a sensational headline but is short on details.