Mark Hughes Keen To Bring Tevez & Eto'o To Manchester City

"We've lodged a bid for Samuel Eto'o, and I don't think there's any update on that. We've tracked the players we think will help us and he's one I've got a lot of respect for. We have to stand back and see what develops.

"We'll all have to be patient. Every transfer is different - we were able to do the Gareth Barry deal very quickly, the one for Roque [Santa Cruz] was long-winded. We have to accept there may be others that will take a little bit of time.

"There is always an element of frustration when you can't conclude deals quickly. But we will give every deal the patience we feel it deserves. If we get to a point where we feel something is not going to happen, that's the time we move away. We've done that in the past."

And Hughes also affirmed that signing players was for the purpose of improving his team, not garnering additional publicity by landing big names - perhaps a veiled dig at Real Madrid's astronomical summer spending.

"But we'll continue to look at quality as we always have. It's not about using the transfer market to make a statement about where we stand in the football world. We are building to challenge at the top table," he concluded.

Zack Wilson, Goal.com