Manchester City defender Kolo Toure has said that the club are now ready to win trophies under manager Roberto Mancini.

Hughes was infamously sacked in December 2009 after beating Sunderland 4-3 at Eastlands with City sixth in the Premier League table.

Kolo Toure told the Daily Mirror: “For sure he will mean that because Mark did his job and Mancini has done his job.

“They’ve both done a very good job. Mark is coming back here and it will be good to see him. I’ll be pleased to see him. He signed me and I had a great time playing under him.

“When he left it was a bit difficult for us, for all the players. But that’s the way football is.

“What can we do as players? We just do our job and that’s what we’ve done since.”