Real Madrid midfielder Guti, has declared that he believes Raul will be president of the club one day.

The Spaniard also admitted that he would like to take up a coaching role when he has finished playing in a revealing interview with Don Balon.

"Raul is such a strong icon for the club, that, in the future, I can see him as the president of Real Madrid, which will start a new era," he began.

"My desire is to be a coach, and to one day be in the dug-out at Real Madrid. Madrid is like any other club in La Primera, except with big players, so doing the team here is a lot easier than at other places."

Certainly having Raul and Guti involved in such important positions at the club would be an interesting prospect, and with the current situation Madrid are in, one gets the feeling it couldn't be much worse than it is now.

The midfielder admitted that what has happened in recent months has not been good for the overall reputation of Real Madrid.

"It has all be very ugly. A club such as Real Madrid should do things better, but it has passed now and we hope it won't happen again. It is a shame that someone has not come to do things well and signed players to make Real Madrid great," he mused.

The last man to suffer at the hands of the old regime was Bernd Schuster, and Guti acknowledged that perhaps some of his talk to the media was not well planned.

"When you are the coach of Real Madrid, you must think about what you say very carefully, and with the position you have to speak to the press a lot," he concluded.