Bayern Munich plan talks with Pep Guardiola over contract extension

Bayern Munich intend to open talks with their coach PepGuardiola over extending his contract beyond next summer at some stage this year, according to their chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.

Guardiola's current deal expires at the end of the coming season and neither he nor the Bavarian club have been in any rush to agree new terms.

Rummenigge last week admitted it would not be a tragedy if Guardiola did not stay on for a fourth season while BeIN Sports reported at the weekend that an agreement was in place with Manchester City for Guardiola to take over there next summer.

Those rumours will not alter Bayern's roadmap with the Catalan coach, however, with Rummenigge saying everything is still going according to plan.

"Pep and I will hold talks over his future this year," he told Kicker magazine. "That is our agreement."