Manchester City Boss Sven Goran Eriksson has revealed that he is planning to arrange new contracts which will keep defenders Richard Dunne and Micah Richards tied up to the club for the long-term.

Now that the transfer window has closed City manager is hoping that his defenders will agree to a new deal so as to secure their future at the club.

"It's important that we work on that now and get them both to sign new contracts," Eriksson told the club's official website.

"There are a lot of other things to work on here in the club as well, as now we have the time to do them."

The former England manager has admitted he is fully aware of what his club requires so as to improve their performance at the end of the season.

He added: "This summer will be very different for me as I will be fully involved here, I arrived late and did not know about the club or the players. Now I do, and we have a lot of time to know what we want.

"I can tell you that already we know, more or less, what we want this summer because we have plenty of time to work on it.

"Clubs don't want to release their players in January, and it would be the same here if someone wanted to sign one of our best players, it would not leave us with enough time to bring someone new in."