Micah Richards says Manchester City's
stars fear they could be axed in January when Mark Hughes launches
his widely-anticipated spending spree.
"If I said the players weren't worried about what will
happen in January, then I'd be lying," he told the Daily
Express.
"Every one of us knows the manager wants to make the team
stronger and with the team conceding a lot of goals he is
definitely going to sign defenders. So that is something that we
have to face up to."
City have gone four in the Premier League without a win and lost
three of those matches, but Richards believes that given time
everyone at the club will turn things around.
"The manager and the players will get it right, just give us
time," he continued. "The manager has come in for some criticism,
but he has only been in charge since the summer and had one
transfer window to operate in.
"The end of the season is the time to ask questions about how
we've done. It was always unrealistic to expect us to break into
the top four, but I'm confident we can finish in the top six or
seven. The manager knows what he wants, people just have to trust
and believe in him."