New Fulham signing Aaron Hughes is confident Lawrie Sanchez's team can finish in the top-half of the table this season.

"The manager's talked of a top-10 position and when you look at the players at the club I think that's a realistic target," he told the club's official website.

"There's a really good atmosphere among the lads and the level of competitiveness in training is great.

"I'm impressed with the squad Lawrie has created here at Fulham in such a short space of time and I'm really looking forward to seeing what we can achieve next season.

"We've also got Jimmy Bullard to come back and when he returns it will be like signing a new player."