money talks man. Im not saying he is a realistic target but money talks. You can see see that City more than likely wont start getting the big name signings besides the odd one here or there that is coming purely for the money for another 5 - 6 years on. But when that time does come we will have a well established team and have gotten rid of much of the fodder that make up our squad.
And Hughes is an idiot I think anyone with half a brain knows that. Get him out, a decent manager that can attract bigger names in and things will not just be tactically smoother but players will come sooner rather than later.