Hughes takes over at Stoke
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May 31, 2013, Friday
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MARK Hughes took over as Stoke City manager on a three-year contract yesterday, saying he wanted to prove critics wrong and restore his reputation after being fired by Queens Park Rangers last year.
The former Manchester United striker replaces fellow Welshman Tony Pulis who left the English Premier League club by mutual consent last week after seven years in charge.
"I'm really grateful ... they've looked maybe beyond my last position and taken my career as a manager as a whole," Hughes told a news conference at the club's Clayton Wood training ground.
"Mistakes were made (at QPR) and certainly I made mistakes which I will learn from," added the 49-year-old.
Hughes was sacked by QPR in November, departing after a miserable start to the season with the west Londoners, at that point the only club in England's four professional divisions not to have recorded a win. In total, he won only eight of his 34 games in charge at Loftus Road.
The former Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham and Wales manager was replaced at QPR by Harry Redknapp who failed to stave off relegation.
Stoke Chairman Peter Coates would not be drawn on how much spending money Hughes would have and said the club wanted to be "sustainable".
"It's a great blot on the Premier League that there is so much debt when there's so much money.".
The former Manchester United striker replaces fellow Welshman Tony Pulis who left the English Premier League club by mutual consent last week after seven years in charge.
"I'm really grateful ... they've looked maybe beyond my last position and taken my career as a manager as a whole," Hughes told a news conference at the club's Clayton Wood training ground.
"Mistakes were made (at QPR) and certainly I made mistakes which I will learn from," added the 49-year-old.
Hughes was sacked by QPR in November, departing after a miserable start to the season with the west Londoners, at that point the only club in England's four professional divisions not to have recorded a win. In total, he won only eight of his 34 games in charge at Loftus Road.
The former Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham and Wales manager was replaced at QPR by Harry Redknapp who failed to stave off relegation.
Stoke Chairman Peter Coates would not be drawn on how much spending money Hughes would have and said the club wanted to be "sustainable".
"It's a great blot on the Premier League that there is so much debt when there's so much money.".
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