'It's done' - Pep Guardiola is clear on Man City exit after bad results

Pep Guardiola is not looking to win another Premier League or Champions League at Manchester City - but will not desert them now.

The City boss surprised himself as well as many others by deciding to extend his stay at the club, signing a two-year extension last month that will keep him at the Etihad until 2027 if he sees out the duration of the contract. Sources close to the manager believe he agreed to stay on to oversee the rebuilding of thee squad, although Guardiola has insisted that the current group would be challenging at the top of the Premier League if everyone was fit.

On his worst ever run as a manager with just one win from the last ten games, Guardiola knows that there must be improvements from everyone to get City back to where they need and expect to be. However, he has no regrets about signing his deal to stay.

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"Absolutely not. I would regret leaving now. I couldn't sleep even worse than now if I was leaving the situation," he said ahead of the derby.

"They might sack me but leaving now? No chance. If my boss is not happy with me they can sack me but there is no chance of me leaving now."

Despite Guardiola's commitment to the future, there is no set target for what comes next and when he will leave the club because he feels that he has already achieved the most he could hope to at the club. That could sound deflating but is more a reflection of the magnitude of what City have won in the last eight seasons and does not tie the club to a specific moment for when the manager will leave.

"When I feel it is time to leave I will leave. What we have done, we have done," he said. "The satisfaction to do it is done. I don't have any target to make my life or time here different. If I leave tomorrow, it has been the best and I will never ever forget.

"It's not that I'll not leave until I win another Premier League or Champions League. No. It's done. It's accomplished. The way we have played, the numbers and everything will remain but now in this situation I could not leave.

"You have to do many things, go to the market in the right moments - maybe in winter or the other one - for the reason I said to make thee squad deeper so they can compete with each other to bring the best out of every player, competing as enemies in the week and at weekends as friends.

"If I'm losing and losing and losing, I may say guys you need someone else to fix these things because it cannot be eternal. I don't know if a big, big club loses seven of the last nine games has the confidence that I have from all departments but it happens because of what we have done recently and he club knows the situation is exceptional.

"I'm not stupid to know it's a lot of games to lose and you have to do better and win. Every day we try but it is not enough."