Man City chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak lays out vision for the club's future under Pep Guardiola

Pep Guardiola’s “relentless” pursuit of success and improvement will ensure there is no let-up from Manchester City next season, according to the club’s chairman Khaldoon al-Mubarak.

Al-Mubarak is convinced that the Premier League champions can get better under Guardiola and says the club have learnt some important mistakes from their past two failed title defences.

Manchester United were the last team to defend the title, in 2009, but Al-Mubarak feels City are well equipped to build on this season’s dominance, which saw them become the first top flight club in English history to amass 100 points.

“My expectation, and the manager’s expectation, is that this team will continue to improve,” he told City TV in his end of season interview.

“We have a manager in Pep who is relentless. There is not going to be any content (with what we have done) or relaxation here, that I can assure you.

“I have no doubt that this summer we are going to come back and be hungry, and be more aggressive and we’ll continue to grow and improve.”

Asked whether City needed to sign better players and change elements of the squad to ensure there is no complacency and drop off and that the club finally mount a serious title defence, Al-Mubarak said: “It’s all of the above. We have real experiences, real learnings from how we managed our seasons following the last two times we won the league.

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“We’ve worked very hard over the last couple of years to build the squad, not just only for this season but for many seasons to come. This is a young squad. Many of our most talented players are under the age of 26.”

City are working on a deal to sign Italy midfielder Jorginho although Napoli are thought to be demanding more than £60 million for the player, whom Guardiola wants to provide quality competition to Fernandinho at the base of the midfield. Guardiola also wants a versatile forward with numerous options being considered, including Leicester’s Riyad Mahrez. Kylian Mbappe, of Paris St-Germain, and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard are dream targets but City are conscious of how difficult they would be to sign.

City followed up their 2012 title success with a dismal summer in the transfer market, when they missed out on Robin van Persie to United and signed Jack Rodwell, Scott Sinclair, Maicon, Javi Garcia and Matija Nastasic, none of whom were good enough to improve the side. Al-Mubarak is adamant City will not make the same misjudgements and insisted they would not compromise on quality or disrupt the harmony in the dressing room.

“In terms of improving the squad, also we’ve had a lot of learnings over the past,” he said. “You don’t get to 100 points without a full, high-quality squad.

“Any additions have to improve the squad. This is my biggest learning from the years of chairing this club. When winning, bringing new players in is a very important decision because you have a winning formula.

“Whatever you’re going to add has to be a decision you don’t take very lightly at all. You have to bring in players that will strengthen, improve and add competition into the squad.”

Guardiola signed a two year contract extension last week to tie him to City until June 2021 and Al-Mubarak said negotiations were straight forward.

“This was not a hard discussion, this was, frankly, a conversation that was relatively easy,” he said. “I think we see eye-to-eye, we shook hands on it and are happy to continue this journey.”