skysports.com<\/em> if his target was an immediate return to the top flight, Hughton said: \u201cYes. We know it will be a tough task. I hope I can do it.<\/p>\n\u201cThe ultimate aim is to get back into the Premier League, and the job starts now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s a tough season, a very tough division. I feel you want to work at a club where you have a good chance of getting back where this club wants to be and belongs. I feel I have that here.\u201d<\/p>\n
Birmingham will be among the favourites to go up but Hughton is aware that several players have become unsettled by the club\u2019s relegation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am aware that with relegation comes a financial side that has to be balanced,\u201d the former Newcastle man admitted.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have had some very good players that have shown a desire they want to remain Premier League players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are the type of things I will be addressing over the next day or so.\u201d<\/p>\n
Central defenders Scott Dann and Roger Johnson are among the players reported to be the subject of interest from Premier League clubs, and Hughton, who took Newcastle up into the top flight in 2010, wants to be sure that his team are hungry for the Championship battle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve got a lot of work to do. For me it is about a group of players showing a real desire to want to get back into the Premier League,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Hughton also expressed his happiness to be working at St Andrew’s.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am absolutely delighted,\u201d he continued. \u201cIt is a job that ticks a lot of boxes for me. I am very aware of the history at the club.<\/p>\n
\u201cI consider Birmingham a proper football club; the tradition and support base that fits the club. I am delighted to be sitting here.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very concious that what I regard as the big jobs only come around every so often.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are a lot of very good managers that I know would have been happy to be sitting where I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hughton\u2019s first competitive match in charge will be away to Derby in the first match of the new season.<\/p>\n
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