Hughes: Man City would be better under me
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MANCHESTER CITY NEWS
Hughes: Man City would be better under me
Mark Hughes claims he would have advanced Manchester City much more than Roberto Mancini has been able to, had the club not sacked him last season.
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Mark Hughes: Was sacked by City last season
Former Inter Milan coach Mancini has spent £135 million on new signings since arriving at Eastland's last term, but has come under fire after a series of negative performances.
And despite the massive investment, Mancini's Premier League title-chasers have accrued the same point's total that Hughes acquired after 13 games last season and with an inferior goal difference.
Hughes, now manager at Fulham, said: "They [City] made the change with the view that they wanted to accelerate the process of getting success. That doesn't seem to have happened.
"I know what I left behind, that the club and the group of players I had there was good enough to hit the targets I was given. I knew they had to spend significantly more money [last] summer - that opportunity was going to be given to myself. It wasn't. If I had still been there I would have been there two and a half years so that I think would have helped."
Mancini has strongly defended his record, claiming City are far stronger under his management.
"We have improved a lot," Mancini said. "We have won a lot of away games. We are in fourth position, two points behind [Manchester] United. We must check again at the end of the season but I think we will get into the Champions League and probably win something."
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I think the owners shd have been patient with hughes. Mancini looks like a negative tactics manager.