Manchester City want Raheem Sterling to stay and sign new Etihad contract, says Pep Guardiola
Sterling has enjoyed his finest season to date this term, scoring 23 goals in all competitions
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Your support makes all the difference.Pep Guardiola has insisted that everyone at Manchester City wants Raheem Sterling to sign a new contract and stay with the club.
Reports on Friday morning suggested that Sterling is prepared to wait until after the World Cup to renew his current Etihad deal, which is set to expire in the summer of 2020.
Sterling has enjoyed his finest season to date this term and City are keen to tie the England international down to new terms.
The 23-year-old has scored 23 goals for City in all competitions this year, with 18 coming in their Premier League title-winning campaign.
“We all want him to stay as long as possible,” Guardiola said, when asked about progress in negotiations with Sterling over a new deal. “The chairman and myself want him to stay a long time.”
Guardiola also claimed on Friday that he wants Sergio Aguero to remain with the club despite reported interest from Atletico Madrid.
Atletico are reported to be preparing an offer for City’s all-time leading goalscorer as they seek replacements for Antoine Griezmann and Fernando Torres, both set to leave the Wanda Metropolitano this summer.
“I think it’s not going to happen,” Guardiola said. “My desire, I think its not going to happen. But I don’t know.
“It’s happened many times in these press conferences and I said maybe a thousand times: Sergio is going to stay until he decides his time is over.
“I said it last season and this season many times and I say it today. That’s why I say it isn’t going to happen, but in football you never know.”
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