QPR boss Mark Hughes has backed his former club Manchester City to lift the Premier League title in the near future.
Hughes believes City have resources to win title in near future
QPR boss Mark Hughes has backed his former club Manchester City to lift the Premier League title in the near future.
City blazed a trail in the early title race this season but have fallen off the pace, slipping five points behind rivals Manchester United with seven games to play.
Hughes, who won the Premier League title twice as a United player and also managed City until he was replaced by Roberto Mancini in 2009, believes the mega-rich Etihad outfit will lift the crown eventually.
He said: "At some point in the near future they will win it, without a shadow of a doubt. Because they have the resources to do it. It will happen for them.
Earning right
"They have to go through the process of earning the right to win trophies. They have won one - the FA Cup - and that was a big step because you have to learn how to win trophies and the first one is difficult.
"It might take some time but they will get there."
QPR could do City a massive favour by beating United at Old Trafford on Sunday and Hughes believes it is vital for his relegation battlers to try and get the first goal.
He said: "You have to make sure you keep in the game and give yourself an opportunity to win it. If you go one or two goals down it becomes very difficult but United haven't been great this year when they have gone behind.
"In terms of winning from falling behind they are lower down than you would expect. That was surprising to me and we will take encouragement from that."
