Stefan Ortega will make a decision on his future at Manchester City this summer after consulting with his wife ahead of the birth of the couple's second child.
The 31-year-old is currently enjoying his longest run in the City team, starting three successive games having come on for the injured Ederson in the 1-1 draw with Liverpool at Anfield, but with just a year left on his contract at the Etihad, the goalkeeper admits his future beyond the end of this season is uncertain.
Ortega is settled in Manchester and his first child is in a nursery in the area, but wife Sabina is due to give birth to their second child in August and the German said it will be a family decision over whether to remain at City or look to move on, with a return to Germany potentially on the cards.
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"At the end it’s not my single decision, my [wife] is there as well, we’re expecting the second child," Ortega said after helping the Blues to a 4-1 win against Aston Villa.
"I’m not in the beginning of the 20s so I have to choose wisely now what I’m doing in summer. It’s not that I have to push the club that they will sell me, it’s just like see what happens. I’m relaxed because there are worse places than here.
"My family and me are really happy here. My wife struggled a bit in the beginning but I think it’s normal to go in a different country. Now everyone is happy.
"I’m happy to be here because it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world. The target is still the same, I’m ambitious from the beginning and this is what I try to do every day."
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