Manchester City manager Mark Hughes will switch his atttentions to other targets after missing out on signing Ronaldinho.The Brazilian star has agreed to join AC Milan from Barcelona, despite City offering a more lucrative deal.

Though Hughes is disappointed to lose out in the chase for Ronaldinho, he believes the bid to sign the playmaker is a sign of City's ambition.

"We have presented our case as well as we possibly could and the fact that we are in there trying to get one of the top players in the world shows our ambition and where we want to go," Hughes told the Manchester Evening News.

"I don't know the finer details of the negotiations, but the way the Ronaldinho deal was constructed was a little bit different by all accounts to an ordinary deal, so my budget would not have been affected as much as people think."

Hughes remains determined to improve his City squad before the start of the season and has identified several potential signings.

However, the former Blackburn Rovers boss will keep his targets under wraps to ensure City are not gazumped by another club.

He added: "There is plenty of speculation about which players we may or may not go for.

"Obviously, I am being linked with players that I know and possibly have worked with before and then there are others that agents are trying to move on and place.

"There is a lot of that going on at the moment. It is not my way to divulge who were are going after.

"I will keep them under wraps in case someone jumps in at the last moment, but there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes."

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