Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola admits that suffering four defeats in a row played a key role in him extending his stay at the Etihad for a further two years.
Guardiola, 53, was due to see his contract at the Etihad expire at the end of the current campaign having previously admitted that he had planned for this season to be his last.
The Citizens are on a run of four consecutive defeats across all competitions and the Spaniard admitted that his decision to stay on, which would extend his spell to a decade, was key in him opting to stay and not let the club down.
“Since the beginning of the season I’ve been thinking a lot, ” Guardiola said, according to Daily Mail.
” I thought that [this season] should be the last one.
“But with the problems we had in the last month, I felt that now is not the time to leave. I would have let the club down.
“I felt that I could not leave now. Simple as that. Maybe the four defeats was the reason why and I felt that I cannot leave. I felt the club still wanted me and the fact we’re still together, so I signed.
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‘Every time I sign a contract it’s “OK, the last two”. And after I re-signed the contract I said, “OK, the last two”. Honestly I think right now me and my staff deserve to be here. I’m not arrogant but it’s the truth.
“We deserve the chance, after four defeats in a row, to try to bounce back and turn this situation.
“I had the feeling that we had to take the right decisions for the future. I enjoy being here. I like my job. The moment I don’t have that feeling, even under contract, I will call my chairman and chief executive to say the best for the club right now is that I have to leave,” Guardiola added.
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