Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is surprised by Pablo Zabaleta’s international snub.

Although Argentina boss Diego Maradona was in Manchester recently to check up on United’s Carlos Tevez, he didn’t feel it necessary to meet with City’s in-form defender.

"Maradona has been about 300 yards from our training ground, so he only needed to pop in," Hughes told the club's official website. "Pablo is still a young player and his time will come.

“He is doing fabulously well in the hardest league in the world. Maradona is aware of him but it is his decision. As managers we stand or fall by our decisions, and so will he."