Pep is planning to remain with City next season

PEP GUARDIOLA is planning to be at Manchester City next season and insists the possibility of him leaving in the summer is "not on the table right now".

- By ANDY HAMPSON

Reports have emerged suggesting that City are making contingency plans - with Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca a potential replacement - should Guardiola decide to stand down as City manager at the end of the campaign.

But Guardiola, who will have served 10 years at the Etihad Stadium by next summer, is contracted until the end of the 2026-27 term and has said nothing to indicate he could cut short his tenure.

The Spaniard said: "The last three or four years, every time during a certain, period someone asks me that question.

"Sooner or later, when I'm 75 or 76, I will quit Manchester City!