Baggies pile the Blues on Hughes

MARK HUGHES was recently told to go and get Messi by Manchester City’s Arab owners, but maybe something was lost in translation.

At the moment, the only thing messy about City’s situation is their position in the relegation zone and the doubts are now escalating as to whether Hughes can survive the sandstorm that is whipping around him.

Sheikh Mansour and his Abu Dhabi United group bought City in September with bold promises and ostentatious demonstrations of their money-no-object plans — to such an extent that they are willing to pay Barcelona superstar Lionel Messi in excess of £150,000-a-week.