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Hughes is sounding a note of realism about the possible business that
Manchester City might do in the forthcoming transfer window.
The
dramatic swoop for Robinho at the very end of August sparked off
frenzied media speculation about who the Manager will be targeting when
the next window opens, but there’s a statement of intent from Mark that
the Club is looking for good deals wherever possible.
“We’re
aware of this assumption about the level of finance that we’ll throw at
the project in January, but we still have realistic market values,” he
asserts. “There is also an assumption that we will stimulate the
market, that the money sloshing around will be from the deals that we
have started, but we have to make sure we protect the Club as well.
“We’re
hoping to go into the market and acquire players that we think will
help us, but it is still dependent on whether clubs are willing to deal
with us or not.
“The deals that we do will have to be good
ones, but we are quite happy at the moment. We know that there will be
a premium that we will probably have to pay because it’s January, and
teams don’t want to lose their better players. But it will not be to
the extent where we are paying hugely over the market value.”
The
intention will be to try to start enhancing the squad as soon as
possible with some vital games coming up soon, and the Manager
continues:
“We hope we can do business quickly, because that
will help us, but you can’t judge on whether the deals you want to
happen will do when the time is right.
“We have to make sure
that the players we want to bring in are good for us in terms of
quality and their position in the squad. If we do that I am very
positive for the second half of the season.
“It’s not an exact
science. You have to look at what’s out there, what’s attainable and
the price clubs are asking for. If you come to the conclusion that
things are right for the team and the club, then you start to make
things happen.
“There is a budget out there, and we will work
within that. The key thing is to make sure the quality we bring in
supplements the quality we already have here. I feel that the addition
of the right players will give us more consistency in the second half
of the season.”
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