article_snippet.sent: Stunned by a home FA Cup defeat to Nottingham Forest, City's then manager Mark Hughes presented the club's board with a list of transfer targets.
article_snippet.sent: Sadly for City's then manager Mark Hughes, sacked at Christmas later that year, City's then manager Mark Hughes wasn't around to see The plan come together.
article_snippet.sent: The plan worked, with both Ivory Coast players gradually signing, but City's then manager Mark Hughes had been sacked by then .