The Arab billionaire will also back Hughes, in his first meeting with the former Manchester United striker in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
Hughes will be given until the end of the season to prove he is the right man for the job.
“Sheikh Mansour did not get to where he is by acting in an impulsive, irrational or irresponsible way,” a source close to the City owner told The Times yesterday.
“All this talk of Mark Hughes having three, five or however many number of games to save his job, or that replacements are being lined up, is categorically untrue.”
