Mark Hughes could turn to Valeri Bojinov to spearhead Man City’s attack against Aston Villa.

Luckless Manchester City striker Valeri Bojinov has hit the comeback trail again as he attempts to return from an Achilles tendon injury.The 6million Bulgarian front man ruptured cruciate knee ligaments in only his third game for the Blues, ruling him out for the remainder of the 2007-08 campaign.

Manchester City have been boosted after striker Valeri Bojinov came through 65 minutes of the reserves’ 2-1 defeat to Hull on Tuesday.

Valeri Bojinov claims West Ham want him – but Manchester City want to keep the striker.

Manchester City will not allow Valeri Bojinov to leave for West Ham as a makeweight in any deal for players leaving Eastlands for Upton Park.City are believed to have had a second bid of 9million for Bellamy turned down on Sunday.

Manchester City manager Mark Hughes believes that injuries have played a big part in how his side have performed so far this season.Hughes has been without long-term absentees such as Martin Petrov, Valeri Bojinov and Michael Johnson for large parts of the campaign.

Valeri Bojinov has played down speculation he could leave Manchester City in January.

Mark Hughes has revealed injured striker Valeri Bojinov could return to action in January.

Manchester City hope to have injured striker Valeri Bojinov back in training in a matter of weeks.

Manchester City winger Martin Petrov could be out until February with a knee injury sustained while on international duty with Bulgaria last week.

The 29-year-old Petrov joins Micah Richards, Darius Vassell, Benjani, Michael Johnson and Valeri Bojinov on City’s injury list.

“Martin went to see a specialist on Monday and will fly out to see the guy that did his anterior cruciate ligament (in Spain) to have it rechecked,” City manager Mark Hughes said Wednesday.