Leroy Sane is continuing to baulk at committing to new terms at Manchester City.

The Germany winger still has two years to run on his remaining contract at the Etihad.

Guardiola admitted that the club have been trying to tie him down for the last 18 months.

He said: "Leroy we are one and a half years trying to sign his contract.

“We want him. If you want to extend his contract, it's because you want him.

“You're not going to extend his contract because you don't want him. It's like Gundogan, for example - it's the same case.

"It's not easy. If you want to play in four competitions for the quadruple we need Leroy, (Raheem) Sterling, Riyad (Mahrez), Bernardo. We can't compete for the quadruple with just two wingers.

“They have to fight each other and play the best as possible to convince me to put them in the line-up."