Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini confident of staying in the job ahead of talks with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak 

  • Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes he will keep his job
  • City boss has come under pressure during a trophyless second season
  • Pellegrini is expected to meet with the club's chairman on Sunday evening
  • Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp had been mentioned as replacements

By Chris Wheeler for the Daily Mail

Published: 16:30 EST, 22 May 2015 | Updated: 17:46 EST, 22 May 2015

Manuel Pellegrini is confident he will keep his job as Manchester City manager as he heads for crunch talks with chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak.

The City chief is expected to fly in from Abu Dhabi for Sunday's final game against Southampton at the Etihad and use the trip to hold an end-of-season review with Pellegrini.

He will seek answers over a disappointing campaign in which City have finished empty-handed, surrendering their Premier League title to Chelsea and going out of the Champions League tamely to Barcelona for the second year in a row.

Manuel Pellegrini is confident he will keep his job as Manchester City manager despite a poor season

Manuel Pellegrini is confident he will keep his job as Manchester City manager despite a poor season

Khaldoon Al Mubarak is expected to attend City's game on Sunday and hold a meeting with Pellegrini

Khaldoon Al Mubarak is expected to attend City's game on Sunday and hold a meeting with Pellegrini

Pellegrini says he is confident in his way of thinking and that he expects to see out his three-year contract

Pellegrini says he is confident in his way of thinking and that he expects to see out his three-year contract

Pep Guardiola, Jurgen Klopp, Diego Simeone and Carlo Ancelotti are among the top coaches who have been linked with the City job in recent months, but Pellegrini is optimistic he will still be at the club next season to see out his three-year contract.

He said: 'I am always confident because it's my way of thinking. I signed a contract here for three years. I have one year more and I never felt any problem inside the club to finish my contract.

'We can sit down to have a conversation because it's normal, but we are having conversations every week. So it's not a special conversation at the end of the season.

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola had been touted among the potential replacements for Pellegrini

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola had been touted among the potential replacements for Pellegrini

Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and co will end the season without a trophy after failing to defend their title

Sergio Aguero, Pablo Zabaleta and co will end the season without a trophy after failing to defend their title

'It's better to win the title but if you can't then it's best to be second. But that doesn't mean I'm happy with the season.

'Last season was harder for me than this one because it was my first season here in the Premier League. This season for different reasons we are not the strong squad we were last year. We made a lot of mistakes, especially against the teams who are in the relegation positions at the moment, and we lost at home in both cups.' 

 

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