MAN City boss Pep Guardiola embraces Kyle Walker after a dinner

The pair dined at swanky Japanese restaurant MUSU in Manchester for two and a half hours

Pep Guardiola shared an embrace with Man City star Kyle Walker after a long dinner together

Walker’s future at City has been in doubt 

Man City boss Guardiola left the restaurant by bike after his meeting with Walker

Walker’s current contract with City is up for negotiation, and Pep has made it clear that he intends to keep the right-back with the squad for the remainder of the current campaign.

Hours before their dinner, Pep said of Walker and team-mate Bernardo Silva: “They are so important to us.

“We want them and will do everything.

“Replacing these two would be so difficult.”

The pair hugged as they left and Pep whizzed off on his £5,000 Pinarello racing bike – which had been guarded by a waiter.