Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola spoke to the media after his side’s Premier League game with Bournemouth
Pep Guardiola has spoken for the first time about his future at Manchester City, refusing to confirm or deny that he will leave the Blues this summer.
News broke on Monday evening that Guardiola was set to leave the Etihad after a trophy-laden decade but there was no official word from the club or the man himself.
Guardiola was not asked by Sky Sports about his future ahead of the game against Bournemouth, with City needing a win to take the Premier League title race to the final day, with the broadcaster saying it would be unfair to pose the questions on that subject, instead asking if the reports had impacted City’s preparation for the contest.
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But after the game the City chief was asked to clarify his position and said he will confirm his future plans at the end of the season once he has spoken to Blues chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.
“I could say I have one more year of contract and with conversations I have had for many, many years always from my experience, when you announce whatever you announce during the competition is a bad, bad result,” he said.
“Like you understand the first person I have to talk to is my chairman because we decided when we finish the season we will sit and we will talk. Simple as that. And after we will take the decision.
“Listen, I have one more year contract, I will not tell you here because I have to talk to my chairman, my players, my staff. When we play for the FA Cup, before we qualify for the Champions League, we play for the Premier League, there is just one thing in my mind and the focus is try to win the team to the highest points and we have done.
“I am the happiest man in the planet to be at this club, this club is just extraordinary. At the moment the season is over for us, we want to arrive in the last game with our fans but I know they will come. In 10 seasons they have been good in many, many moments and that is what we have to do until the end.”
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