'I will be there on 5 July, don't worry about that. I will be just as hungry as ever,' Keegan said after City's 2-1 defeat at Middlesbrough yesterday.
Keegan met with the board on Friday to be appraised of the club's perilous financial position.
'I know there are no finances for next season, but I knew that before the board meeting. I didn't need to go there to find it out,' said Keegan.
'It leaves things exactly where they were before the meeting. We have the players and must get them to play better as a team and perform to their maximum more often. We have to hope this has been a bedding-in period. The players will analyse their own performances and nearly all of them will feel they could have done better.
'There is a lot for them to aim for. We have had a disappointing season and we know it will be better next year. Maybe people will get off our backs if we do better.'
Don't bet on it.