Pep Guardiola says he will not renew his Manchester City contract until his current deal is up.
Guardiola has given several hints that he would happily extend his stay at the Etihad - already his longest tenure at any club at six years and counting - and the manager was a selling point in the blockbuster move for Dortmund striker Erling Haaland. More generally, Jurgen Klopp and Mikel Arteta have recently signed contract extensions at Liverpool and Arsenal respectively, reinforcing the status of the Premier League as the place for the best coaches in world football.
The club have no complaints with Guardiola as the team close in on a fourth Premier League title in five years, meaning that the Catalan can effectively decide when to bring his time in England to an end. The manager first signed a new deal in the summer of 2018 and then the last time his contract was up he renewed in the November international break of his final season, just over six months before his existing deal ran out.
