Spanish coach Pep Guardiola acknowledged Monday that his intention is to stay in Manchester City next season, because he feels comfortable in English football in a club "that has grown a lot and has the highest expectations." " This is my fourth season and next will be the fifth. I want to stay next season . It's a long time but I am incredibly well here. But now we will have to see if I deserve a new contract. I will try to stay," Guardiola told a news conference .

The Manchester City coach, who next Friday will face Wolverhampton in a new day of the Premier, stressed that the level of the team has grown a lot in recent years and that expectations are now higher. " The level has increased a lot and the expectations are higher . We have to see if we can keep it even if it doesn't depend only on me," Guardiola said.

"We will rest and be with the family and prepare for the match with Wolverhampton and the rest. We have time to think about the future," said the Spanish coach, who acknowledged having achieved stability in the club. " Everything is fine. We work with the same people, the same people . The players change but the expectations are many," he said. Guardiola acknowledged having "curious to see if he could manage in the Premier League." " I came with my family, the friends are the same. I know people in the club and now I know more about the competition than before . I tried to adapt quickly and do my job," he said.

"Racism must be fought in families"

For Friday's duel, the first of the two City commitments in just 48 hours along with Sheffield United , may count on the Belgian Kevin De Bruyne and the Argentine Sergio Agüero, although he will not have at his disposal nor the central John Stones Not even David Silva . "Sergio is better but he is not yet to play at the start. Every day, each training is better, but still needs rhythm," said Guardiola, who also referred to the emergence, again, of outbreaks of racism in the stadiums .

"I will support my players if they decide to leave the field. We support any initiative against racism, but it is not a job only for clubs . Racism has to be fought daily, in schools, within families. It is about build a better future for future generations, "Guardiola said. "It is a problem that has been dragging on for decades, centuries. Now it is visualized more because the media are above. We have to fight. It will take time to eradicate it," he said.

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