Pep Guardiola admits he could face Manchester City sack

Guardiola has got his hands on the Premier League trophy in each of the past four seasons, but their title defence this time around has been faltering. In all competitions, the Citizens are currently on a run of just one win in 10 games.

During that timeframe, Guardiola has rubberstamped his contract extension with the club, meaning he is now committed until 2027, rather than 2025.

But that doesn't mean he will necessarily stay that long, since there could be growing doubts about his future if their decline continues, with rumours about him resigning floating around as well.

Some pundits have described Guardiola as unsackable, but the manager himself has now denied that is the case â- claiming instead that him stepping down of his own accord is 'impossible'.

Speaking ahead of the Manchester derby, Guardiola said: "I would regret leaving now. I could not sleep, even worse than now. Leaving the situation, impossible.

"They could sack me. That can happen. But leaving now? No option."

The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss continued: "If the board is not happy with me, they can do it. But leaving now in this position, no chance.

"When I feel it is time to leave, I will leave. What we have done is what we have done. The satisfaction to do it is done. I don't have any target to make my life or my time here completely different. Impossible.

"I leave tomorrow, it has been the best. This club I will never, ever forget. I will not leave until I win another Premier League or Champions League? No, it's done. The way we have played, the numbers and everything, always I will remember.

"But now in this situation, I could not leave. Of course we have many things to do. We have to go to the market in the right moments, maybe in winter or another one,

"For the reason I said, to make the squad better and to challenge, to have the best outcome of every player, competing in the week as enemies and on the weekend as friends.

"But listen, if I'm losing and losing and losing, I will say guys, someone else has to come to fix these kinds of things because it cannot be eternal.

"If a big club won one in 10, I don't know if they would have the confidence I have (in me) right now from all departments, but it happens because of what we have done.

"The players and the club know the situation is completely exceptional for many reasons, but we have lost a lot of games and we have to do better, we have to win."

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