Manager Pep Guardiola says he needs to "deserve" an extension to his Manchester City contract rather than just be handed one.
The Spaniard's current contract expires at the end of this season and the City hierarchy want him to stay.
Guardiola, 49, starts his fifth season in charge of City at Wolves on Monday - longer than his spells at Barcelona and Bayern Munich.
"I would love to stay longer here," he said.
"It is a place I love to be but I have to deserve it. This club achieved standards in the last decade but we have to maintain that.