<!--Article Start--> <p style="text-align: justify"><strong>The Spaniard's place in Bavaria has been coming under increasing pressure but despite four straight defeats he says he will remain for the final year of his contract.</strong></p> <p style="text-align: justify">Pep Guardiola has declared that he will still be manager of Bayern Munich next season, dismissing the growing speculation linking him with a summer switch to Manchester City.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Guardiola, whose contract at Bayern is due to expire in a little over a year, has been linked with a move to City for some time.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">City chiefs Ferran Soriano and Txiki Begiristain worked with Guardiola at the Camp Nou, and Bild has reported that Guardiola met with Begiristain in Munich the day after Bayern's 6-1 win over Porto.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Guardiola has been much criticised recently, particularly following the departure of long-time club doctor Hans Muller-Wohlfahrt and after his side's 3-0 Champions League semi-final first leg loss at Barcelona.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">But with his future shrouded in doubt, Guardiola has sought to clarify that he will be staying at the Allianz Arena to see out the final year of his contract.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I've said 200 million times before, I have another year on my contract," said Guardiola.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I will be here next year. There's nothing more to say."</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Lothar Matthaus has become the latest ex-Bayern star to criticise Guardiola, declaring Die Roten's stars have lost faith in their manager.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Despite having already claimed the German title with a considerable level of panache, cracks in the Bayern shield have begun to show during recent defeats, most noticeably Thomas Muller's reaction to being substituted in Camp Nou last week.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">But Guardiola says that whatever the perceptions about himself, he is simply the coach, there to help his players.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"Believe me, it was the same in Barcelona. I am not here to be the best head coach in the world. I'm here to help this team.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">"I did my best at Barca. For some it was enough, for others it wasn't. It's the same here. I just want us to play well. I always said the players are key. That's what I said at Barcelona, that's what I say now. I'm only sitting outside in my suit.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">a I'm happy. I've won everything and that is down to the outstanding players I have had at my disposal. They are the key. In the end, the players make the difference."</p>