Jo will be better for experience

MANCHESTER City manager Mark Hughes expects Brazilian striker Jo to return a better player once his loan deal with Everton expires at the end of the season.

Signed for £17million from CSKA Moscow last summer, the 21–year–old failed to make any impression in his first few months at Eastlands.

Hughes agreed a loan deal with Everton in January, which was expected to mark the end of the South American's time at City.

However, a run of three goals in five games for the Toffees has confirmed the ability that was seen in the forward when he was lured to City in a transfer Hughes rubber–stamped but had no part in setting up.

Faced with the arrival of Craig Bellamy from West Ham and the return to fitness of Valeri Bojinov and Daniel Sturridge, Hughes felt it was better for Jo to learn his trade elsewhere in the Premier League.