Pep Guardiola makes admission on Man City future with contract set to expire next summer

Pep Guardiola has admitted there is nothing left for him to achieve at - and admitted that only his love for the club is keeping him at the Etihad.

is out of contract next summer after lifting the in six of his first eight years at the Etihad - including a record-breaking four-in-a-row.

The Catalan has also won the Treble, a domestic Quadruple and a Double - as well as becoming the first manager in the history of English football to win 100 points in a season.

But the 53-year-old insists that he still gets a kick out of going to work - and warned he will walk away once the thrill has gone. Guardiola said: “I like my job, as I’ve said many times. I love what I do. In terms of numbers or titles, it's already done, I would say a long time ago.

READ MORE:

READ MORE:

“I never, ever expected this when I arrived here. But still I like coming here in the morning to work - I love it! So I am thinking about the game against and the messages I have to tell (the players), the images I have to see, the training I have to prepare.

"Still I like it - and this is the main reason I am a manager. When I don’t feel this - and not just at Man City - I will not be a manager. I will not even train. That’s for sure.”

For now, Guardiola is concentrating on extending his team’s unbeaten start to the season to eight games when City face Wolves at Molineux.

City are already planning for life without the former Spanish midfielder. Within days of director of football Txiki Begiristain confirming his plan to step down at the end of the season, the club announced that Sporting Lisbon’s Hugo Viana will replace him.

Sporting coach Ruben Amorim has been installed as the favourite to succeed Guardiola, while Girona’s Michel, Xabi Alonso of Bayer Leverkusen and ’s Vincent Kompany are also in the frame.

But Sunday Sport understands that City’s chiefs are also considering a left-field candidate who shares Guardiola's philosophy.

There have been suggestions that the Catalan could return to the City Group one day to oversee the stable of clubs they own around the .

But Guardiola said: “I would criticise my manager a lot! I can't do it. I like the green grass. To be the man in the tie, I do not like it. I want to be happy every day. That’s why I do this. Of course, winning titles gives you the chance to have a job but that isn’t the pleasure.

“I want to beat Wolves desperately. I want to prepare well and I want to win because I live better and it makes my people happy and also my fans, of course.

“People believe in you. When you lose they are disappointed, the people who believe in you and who trust you, and I don’t like that feeling.

“You have to understand me. Never, ever in my life could I think for one second about what we've achieved together for many, many years. Not even in my best dreams. I want to win against Wolves because it’s a process - and if we win another trophy that’s fine.

"Do we want it? Yes, of course, we want another Premier League and we also want to arrive in the final stages of the and try to win it again.”

and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. If you're curious, you can read our