'I feel' - Pep Guardiola stance on 115 charges after new Man City deal

Pep Guardiola said nothing in his mind had changed about the Premier League charges that Manchester City face.

The Blues are currently involved in a lengthy arbitration hearing with the league after being accused of serious financial offences for almost a decade. If proven, the most serious punishments involve points deductions and even expulsion from the league.

Guardiola has long defended the club's position, and his decision to sign a new two-year deal at the Etihad means that he will be in position when the final verdict is announced. That has been seen as another strong show of support from the coach in support of the club, who vehemently deny all of the charges against them and have gone to considerable length and expense to put forward a legal defence that they believe will make a successful case.

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City may be grateful for how it looks, but Guardiola said nothing had changed in his mind from the moment thee charges had first been announced. Having said then that he will stick with the club if they are relegated through the divisions, he is maintaining that stance.

"I said that six months or a year ago. You have my interviews here, it's not because I extend my contract," he said. "I said when all the clubs accused us of doing something wrong what happens if we are relegated?

"I will be here. We're going to come up to the Premier League. I knew it then and I feel it now."