Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has warned three or four transfer windows will be needed before City are able to compete with the Premiership elite. "We have not had the benefit of one transfer window yet," said the City boss.

"We need to go through three or four before we can even suggest that we are going to challenge at the top end.

"There will come a point when everybody says 'this is the moment when we can have a real go'. We are nowhere near yet, everybody has to understand that."