Pep Guardiola cast doubt on his long-term future at Manchester City on Sunday after winning an historic Premier League title for the fourth time in a row. He admitted that it is difficult to find motivation after so much continued success.

City’s 3-1 win over West Ham secured their sixth top-flight title in seven seasons under the Catalan, who has taken the club to extraordinary new levels since his arrival in 2016.

His tally is only surpassed by Alex Ferguson, who won 13 Premier League titles during his long reign at Manchester United.

In 2019, City became the first club to win the domestic treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup in the same season and last year they followed Manchester United’s class of 1999 by winning the treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and Champions League to win. they went up for the first time.

City have now become the first side in English top-flight history to win four titles in a row, surpassing the achievements of the great Liverpool and Manchester United teams of previous eras.

And next week they will try to become the first English side to win the doubles on home soil when they take on United at Wembley in the FA Cup final.

Former Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager Guardiola, 53, has a contract with Etihad until the end of next season but his future after that is unclear.

“The reality is that I am closer to leaving than staying,” Guardiola told Sky Sports. ‘It’s eight years, it’s going to be nine.

“At the moment I feel that I want to stay next season. We have spoken to the club, we have time to talk next season, because I also have to see the players (to see) if they follow me, they follow us, for many reasons I will stay and during the season we will talk when it is quiet.”

When asked at the post-match press conference if he felt he had “completed English football” and what he still had to achieve, Guardiola shrugged his shoulders and said: “I had that feeling last season too.

“When we won in Istanbul (in the Champions League final) I said: ‘It’s over, what am I doing here? It’s over, there’s nothing left.’

“But I have a contract, I’m here and I’m still enjoying it. Some moments I’m a bit tired, but some moments I love, and after I said, ‘Okay, we’re here.’

“We’re starting to win games, playing well, different players, new players and I’m starting to think about ‘No one has done four in a row, why don’t we try?’ And now I feel: ‘It’s done, so what now?’ I do not know now.”

He added: “Next season I can’t know exactly at the moment what the motivation will be to do it because sometimes it’s hard to find it when everything is done.”

Guardiola said he is enjoying basking in the glow of another Premier League victory for now.

“When I moved here and someone had said I would win six leagues in seven seasons, I would say you’re crazy, absolutely not,” he said.