Breaking News: Mark Hughes renews interest in Roque Santa Cruz; Fulham might make move for striker in January transfer window
The previous Manchester City manager and the current Fulham manager, Mark Hughes are signalled his intent to sign Santa Cruz from Manchester City after Roberto Mancini revealed today that the striker was open to a move away from the East
Lands stadium. It was Hughes who at first bought the striker from Blackburn Rovers during his tenure at Manchester City. Hughes revealed in his latest interview that "I'm interested in players of the quality of Roque. My interest in him before was there for
everybody to see. Whether we pursue that in January is open to debate. I'm not aware that he's available.
Hughes added to his comments by saying that, “That might change. But I don't like discussing players by name before we've actually signed him. This time in the transfer window we want to target players quite early so that we are ready
to flick the switch when the window opens." Speaking about his team’s chances in the Barclay’s English Premier League, the former Barcelona player said that, "We struggled against West Brom last weekend because of the injuries but prior to that we were unbeaten
until two games ago. We acquitted ourselves very well in the Tottenham game. I was unhappy with a couple of decisions that went against us.”
He also remarked on his team’s displays so far by saying that, "Overall I've been delighted with our performances, if you take the West Brom game out of it. We need to pick up three points tomorrow and our home form is good, so the expectation
is we have a good chance. Four out of our next six games are at home and we anticipate we'll pick up points in those games. Irrespective of who the opposition is, we'll give them a good game at home. Away from home our form isn't great and we're trying to
change that. What kind of season we have will depend on our form on the road."
Fulham’s manager also revealed that his striker, Andy Johnson will be fit to start the next match as he further stated that, "Andy's available for selection. He did very well against West Brom but we don't want to rush him, it’s important
for Andy to know in his own mind that he's fit and well, but he's done everything we've asked of him. He played another game behind closed doors on Tuesday but he's probably not ready for 90 minutes. We must filter him back into the group as carefully as we
can."
Fulham play their next Premier League match against Wigan Athletic on Saturday, the 30th of October at Craven Cottage. Both the teams are expected to fight it out for all three points in London but Fulham will be
favourites to win the match due to the fact that they play the game at their home stadium.
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