Sterling has less than 2 years left on his £180,000-a-week contract and is looking forward to a new contract that should see him regain his place as “best-paid England player” supposing it surpasses Harry Kane’s £200,000 a week deal at Spurs.
There has however been a delay in the deal that has led to worries over the youngster’s future at the club.
Guardiola wants to make it clear that Sterling is a player he would love to continue playing at City:
“I’ve not spoken to him about his contract. I’m not a sports director, not even a manager, I’m a trainer. I try to make a good team spirit in the locker room and win games.
“But we are delighted with him and would like him to stay. We’ll do our effort to make him feel we count on him. And we count on him. We arrived after a difficult season and I told him I wanted to help him and would like him to be happy.
“But the agents may not have agreed and it may not happen. But he knows, and his agent knows, we like him and want him a lot.”
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