Hughes tips Adebayor for big things

Emmanuel Adebayor could make his Manchester City debut on Saturday - and Mark Hughes has tipped him to an outstanding player for the club.

City have bought in Gareth Barry, Roque Santa Cruz, Carlos Tevez and Adebayor so far this summer but Barry is the only player to pull on a blue shirt to date.

The situation will remain the same for Tevez - the Argentinian has been left out of the squad to play Kaizer Chiefs in the Vodacom Challenge final due to a heel injury - but Hughes expects his other £25 million man, Adebayor, and the newly-wed Robinho to feature.

He said: "I am convinced he (Adebayor) will be an outstanding player for us for many years to come.

"He's has got a chance to be selected. We had to make sure that he is in a good shape. He has been training with his former team and I think he will play a significant part.

"Robinho is here after flying in on Thursday. Quite possibly he will play some part. He has been playing a lot of football lately and he hasn't had much of a holiday. But he is in good spirits.

"He is newly married and very happy. I am sure he is looking forward to playing the part."

Stuart Taylor was a somewhat lesser signing bought in by City this summer - he signed on a free transfer from Aston Villa - and the goalkeeper could not be happier with the move.

"We're getting a fantastic squad together now, if we gel together and do it as a team on the field, it's looking good," he told the club's official website.

"The strikeforce we have coming together is frightening. We can chop and change it for anything we need and it looks like there will be a lot of goals.

"It's nice for me to get a chance to come to a club like this.

"I believe I am still good enough to do a job with a team like this, and the club feel that as well.

"Shay is an outstanding goalkeeper and he has proved it year in, year out in the Premier League for a long time.

"He's a consistent performer, always puts in a solid display and you need players like that to build a team around.

"It will be great for me to work for him."

Meanwhile Hughes has refused to talk any more about John Terry as Chelsea look set to keep hold of their skipper.

The England captain has been on the radar of the Eastlands manager all summer, but Chelsea have insisted he is going nowhere and have rejected several offers from free-spending City.

Hughes said: "We keep on dismissing certain individuals and we keep on giving the same response.

"There is no value from our point of view to keep on saying the same things. I would imagine from your view that you are pretty fed up with me saying the same thing over and over again.

"I much rather talk about the players we have signed. That's where my focus will lie for the next few days.

"The situation with other players, whether or not they are coming to the club, may well be resolved in the completion of the transfer window."

It remains unlikely that Terry will be swapping Stamford Bridge for the City of Manchester Stadium, with reports from the United States, where Chelsea are currently touring, suggesting that he is staying put.