The 22-year-old City defender has been linked with a move away from Eastlands over the summer months and this coming season he faces competition for a starting spot at right-back from Pablo Zabaleta and summer signing Jerome Boateng,
"There have been lots of things said and written about my future at City this summer," he told the club's official website
"But I think from the effort I have put in during training and in the pre-season games that it is evident to everyone that I want to stay at City.
"It does affect your concentration when you are consistently linked with a move away or people are talking about you being replaced - especially as I have been here for so long.
"Sometimes you get a bit down when these things are constantly being said and I play best when I am happy and confident, which I am at the moment."