Source: Telegraph
Jo still has a future at Manchester City after finding scoring touch
The Brazilian, who is ineligible for today's Premier League encounter between the two clubs at Goodison Park, has scored five goals in nine games for David Moyes's team since arriving on loan from Eastlands in January. [LNB]An unimpressive return of just three goals in 18 appearances for City following his £19 million arrival from CSKA Moscow last summer resulted in Jo losing his first-team place prior to Hughes's decision to loan him to Everton. [LNB] Related ArticlesPremier League tablePremier League team newsA season-long loan deal between the two clubs, which would see Jo spend the 2009-10 campaign at Goodison, is the most likely outcome for the 22-year-old, but City manager Hughes admits that Everton have yet to raise the issue of the player's long-term future. [LNB]Hughes said: "There have been no discussions with Everton about Jo, but he has done OK for them. The idea was to get him games in the Premier League and he's had that. He's scored goals for Everton, so they're happy enough. [LNB]"Whether they want to pursue something in the long-term, though, we will have to wait and see. [LNB]"If he comes back here, we will have benefited from him playing the games he has. Can he have a future here? Yes he can."[LNB]Hughes remains keen to secure the services of nineteen-year-old forward Daniel Sturridge, but contract talks between the club and player have stalled with the two parties understood to be some distance apart on their respective valuations. Sturridge's current deal expires in June. [LNB]Hughes said: "I've spoken to Daniel and he knows my feelings with regard to his future, but I still don't think there are any developments. We are trying to move it forward but nothing seems to be happening. [LNB]"He is in a position of strength and obviously his negotiators will negotiate hard. They have put a value on Daniel and so have we. [LNB]"We are still trying to make it happen, but it has gone on for a long time and there will come a time when we have to make a decision one way or another." [LNB]Meanwhile, Moyes has revealed he does not know how much money the Everton board will sanction him to spend in the summer but admitted he feels he may need to break the club's transfer record if they are to build on the success of this season. [LNB]He said: "I thought qualifying for the Champions League [in 2005] would have made us more appealing but in the end we didn't have the money to attract the players. Last year we added one £15 million player and maybe if we are serious we are going to have to get a few of those." [LNB]
