Your secret's out: Hughes wanted his interest in
Terry to remain private
But the fact the saga is now being played out in public
appears to have frustrated the City boss.
Mark Hughes has expressed his irritation at
Chelsea
for going public with Manchester City's
pursuit of John Terry.
Chelsea announced earlier this month that they had rejected a
second offer from City for the England captain and have
subsequently made it clear Terry is not for sale.
City are refusing to give up just yet on the defender with
Hughes admitting they were willing to wait. Speaking on the club's
pre-season tour of South Africa, he said: 'The club made a bid for
the defender but conflicting reports in the media caused an
issue.
'We made a bid for John but we tried to keep it under the radar.
'Chelsea allowed the bid to enter the public domain and ever since
I have been answering questions on the matter.
'There was no issue that needed to be raised.' It remains
unlikely Terry will be swapping Stamford Bridge for Eastlands but
Hughes insists time is not a key factor.
He added: 'At the beginning of the season, we wanted all the
players in the building to start training, but we are prepared to
wait.
'It is all about giving the deal the opportunity to develop. 'We
want to strengthen our defence but we will concentrate on what we
are doing here (in South Africa) first.'
City have made some inroads in the transfer market this summer,
bringing in Roque Santa Cruz, Gareth Barry, Emmanuel Adebayor and
Carlos Tevez.
One year on the first publication of the 50 highest
salaries of footballers,
the team's Football Finance back to update the table of best-paid
players in the world. The note highlighted the table
this year goes to the devaluation of the pound against the Euro,
which has dropped in ranking some of the biggest stars to act in
the
Premier League.
Moreover, there are some renewals of contracts of the best
players from leagues
Italian and Spanish, which
significantly influenced the top of the list, this year no longer
the domain of the English League for the remaining of
Europe.
NOTES: The figures are the result of research
conducted in more than 30 publications related to the football
world. Among which, the largest online
newspapers and magazines in countries from 7 major leagues
worldwide. The figures are unofficial and
approximate, being dependent on new contracts or contract
renewals. May over time differences in
relation to the figures because of exchange rate
changes.
1 EUR = 0.886274 GBP 1 GBP = 1.12832
EUR