Hughes signed...
Vincent Kompany - £7m
Pablo Zabaleta - £6m
Wayne Bridge - £12m (left on a free after contract expiry)
Nigel de Jong - £18m (sold to AC Milan for £5m)
Shay Given - £6m (sold to Aston Villa for £3.5m)
Craig Bellamy - £14m (left on a free)
Robinho - £32.5m (sold to AC Milan for £15m)
Shaun Wright-Phillips - £9m (sold to QPR)
Gareth Barry - £12m
Joleon Lescott - £22m
Kolo Toure - £16m (went on a free to Liverpool)
Carlos Tevez - £47m (sold to Juve for £10m)
Jo £19m - (signed for Internacional)
Tal Ben Haim £6m
Roque Santa Cruz £18m - (left at the end of his contract)
Emmanuel Adebayor £25m - (sold to Spurs for £5m)
yes I think stats can go both ways, he spent about 200 million on players since his arrival in 2008 however he only lasted just over 12 months with the Arab owners. City had never looked liked doing anything for years but when Hughes started spending the Arab money that season they had only lost two games all season, they had qualified for the League Cup semi final just before he was sacked there first for over 30 years and had beaten the League leaders Chelsea only prior to his departure, so some would say they were definitely going in the right direction, matter of opinion ofcorse. The main thing is back when Hughes was in charge City were not one of the big Clubs so the question remains how many British managers have been given the opportunity to manage one of the big Clubs besides David Moyes...