SWP craves City stay

Winger insists he is not greedy

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SWP craves City stay

Wright-Phillips: Frustrated

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Shaun Wright-Phillips has voiced his frustration but denied being greedy after failing to agree a new deal with Manchester City.

Reports have suggested that the winger, who still has more than two years remaining on his current contract, is seeking a pay rise.

He insists that is not the case and he just wants to commit his long-term future to the club after rejoining from Chelsea in August 2008.

Wright-Phillips cannot understand why there is a problem and fears that he may no longer be wanted by club bosses.

"I try not to get personally involved because I just want to concentrate on giving 110 per cent for City to make sure we get that fourth place in the Premier League," he told The Sun.

"But it does hurt. It is disappointing. And I repeat, it's nothing to do with money or me being greedy.

"One thing that I definitely don't want to do is get into how much other players earn at this football club.

"Obviously, I know there are players here who earn more than twice what I do. But that's not the issue for me.

"This is not about my bank account, it's about where I want to be and doing what I want to do."

Delay

Wright-Phillips has fallen down the pecking order since Roberto Mancini took over as manager from Mark Hughes but is determined to play a major role at City for a long time to come.

He added: "I'll put pen to paper on a five-year deal right now, longer if they want.

"Quite simply, I want to play at City for the rest of my life. At one stage I was very confident that would happen.

"It looked like everything would be sorted when Mark Hughes was in charge.

"He was keen to agree a new deal. But since he left, there has been nothing.

"OK, it has been hard because of the new manager coming in. There have been a lot of changes in a short space of time.

"There were obviously other things they had to deal with, other matters more pressing.

"But I can't work out why there's still a delay, unless they don't want me and are trying to get me out."