Pep Guardiola explains what will keep him at Man City next season as future thrown in doubt

Pep Guardiola admitted he is lacking motivation for next season but expects to find it when Manchester City return after a break.

Guardiola has just one year left on his contract at the Etihad and sparked speculation over his future when he told Sky Sports after clinching a fourth successive Premier League title that he was 'closer to leaving than staying'. Premier League rivals are watching keenly for the manager's departure, knowing that when he leaves their chances of winning will surely increase.

City still have an FA Cup to win next week, with more history on offer as the first team to win both the Premier League and FA Cup in successive years. But with talk turning to the future, the manager admitted that he had also been lost for motivation after the Treble win last summer but had a contract to honour and came round to chasing new targets in the job.

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"I had that season last year after Istanbul," he said. "I said it's over, there's nothing left. But I have a contract, I'm still here. Some of the moments I'm a bit tired but some of the moments I love and we are here winning games, looking good with new players.

"I start to think about no-one has done four in a row, why don't we try? And now I feel it's done, so what next? FA Cup. Gary Lineker told me that no team has done back to back Premier Leagues and FA Cups.

"What I want is for my players is to enjoy two or three days and then we have two days to prepare the final but right now I don't know what exactly the motivation is to do it [next season] because it's difficult to find it when everything is done.

"But knowing the players and myself I know that when we are there we will say why should we not win today? Why should we not work as much as possible to do what we have to do? And I know we are going to do it."