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Manchester City boss Manuel Pellegrini dismisses speculation about his future before Sunday's Premier League match against West Ham United.

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SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager:

Q. Are you concerned by talk of Jurgen Klopp replacing you at the end of the season?

"No, every time that you manage an important club, it doesn't just happen here at Manchester City, in every big club, if you don't have the results that the club deserves, everyone is talking about changing the manager. Here, in Spain, in Italy, in every part of the world, so you must be used, if you manage a big team, of all kinds of rumours."

SOUNDBITE: (English) Manuel Pellegrini, Manchester City manager:

Q. Is this your worst period as Manchester City manager?

"No, I don't think so. It's the worst period in results, yes it's the worst period in results because we lost the four last games that we played away in the Premier League, and really 2015 has been a very bad year. But I think that the pressure, maybe, was... when you talk about pressure I have another thinking of what pressure is. My pressure is the same as always, we try to win every game and try to play in the way I like this team to play. I think that last year there was more pressure, when I arrived in the Premier League and we were fighting for the title. I think that that pressure was more important. After you've won the title, one year, you have a very bad moment, of course, it's the worse moment but I think that the pressure to rediscover our normal performance is not the same as to win a title."