Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano insists that Pep Guardiola will honour his contract at the Etihad.

Guardiola's future became shrouded in doubt when Sunday Mirror Sport revealed in September that the Catalan's his wife returned to live in Barcelona and that the two-year deal he signed last year may include a break clause that could be triggered this summer.

But with City's title defence in ruins following Friday night's 3-2 defeat at Wolves , the Blues' chief has come out to insist that Guardiola is going nowhere.

Soriano, speaking at the Dubai International Sports conference, said: “Pep has said so many times that he has a contract that covers this year, plus next year too.

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“There is no discussion about this.

“Pep will stay and he’ll leave at the right time one day – and the club is strong enough to survive any change.

“But as Pep said many times, he’s not leaving.”

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Guardiola has tried to play down talk about his future by claiming he would be open to signing a new contract.

But the 48-year-old then admitted that results would determine his fate.

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Soriano believes City were always going to suffer a drop off in consistency after winning back-to-back titles with a total of 198 points.

He added: “I would say that what’s happening is normal.

“What’s not normal is what happened the last two years where Manchester City got 198 points in two years.

“The Premier League is very competitive. Any team can win against any team.

“Obviously we’re not happy with the amount of games that we have lost, but that’s the nature of competition and the nature of football.”