Mark Hughes accepts he faces a balancing act keeping all his Manchester City attacking players happy during the coming 2009/10 campaign.

The Blues have spent heavily this summer of Carlos Tevez, Emmanuel Adebayor and Roque Santa Cruz, who face competition for places from Robinho and Craig Bellamy.

Fans up and down the country are scratching their heads wondering how Hughes will play things, and the Welshman admits he has a lot to consider.

"As you can imagine, we've got a lot of attacking-minded players, so it's going to be trying from that point of view," he told Johannesburg's Talk Radio 702.

"But we need to make sure we understand in which direction we're going, what formation we're going to play and what we're most comfortable with."