Premier League: Pep Guardiola predicts bright future for Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says he might want to stay at the club for a long time, but admitted that the safety of his job depends on the results the team produces. Guardiola has a three-year contract with Manchester City and now he enters the second season after securing a third-place Premier League finish at the end of his first campaign in England. The Citizens finished 15 points behind champions Chelsea, even though a title challenge seemed possible after a very good start to the season. This summer Manchester City have spent over 200 million pounds to bring in Bernardo Silva, Ederson Moraes, Kyle Walker, Danilo, Benjamin Mendy and Douglas Luiz. Guardiola was in charge of Barcelona for four seasons, then he spent three seasons at Bayern Munich before joining Manchester City. He never got sacked but chose to leave in order to pursue a new challenge. "I will try to remain as long as possible to help, to help City keep moving forward and stay high," Guardiola said. "I think the club has to work and listen to the manager in the right moment, but also take their own decisions in the future. Nobody knows what will happen. For all the managers in the world it depends on the results." The 46-year-old Spanish boss is quite pleased with the summer transfers, especially because most of the new players are quite young and have a bright future ahead of them. "They are really good players," Guardiola added. "Good enough that it doesn't matter who the manager will be. For Manchester City that is the most important thing. The new players have come in and we know the kind of energy they have to give us a really good chance to fight for the titles. We were not good enough and we haven't changed for the short period. Bernardo Silva is 23-24 years old. Ederson is 23-24 years old. All the players' averages are so, so young, so for the next five, six or seven years they will be here. And as soon as possible we want to be involved in the title." Manchester City are 15/8 at Bet365 to win the Premier League title next season.