‘I never play the part of politician’ he told the Madrid press on Wednesday, 48 hours after that address to his London constituency when he spoke of having ‘unfinished business’ in England.
Real Madrid fans would argue the club where he has the most unfinished business is actually Real Madrid. Whatever happened to winning the league and winning the club’s tenth Champions League? But he was coming to that.
At the launch of a new kids coaching DVD he was asked about his comments in England 48 hours earlier and he said: 'The country where I most enjoyed myself and where I will go after Madrid is England but my intention is to finish my contract here.
And giving the Spanish headline writers an early cut he added: 'I have three more years and I want to work well and have the backing of the directors, players and fans, I wouldn’t even mind signing a new contract.'
Having given the nod and wink in one direction, the least he do could was smile in the other.
Not that anyone at Real Madrid would currently have the authority or the inclination to ask him why he doesn’t concentrate on the job in hand instead of talking about life after La Liga.
He has guided Real Madrid into the last eight of the Champions League for the first time in seven years. He also has them in the Spanish Cup final for the first time in seven years… and it’s only taken him a little over seven months to do it.
He could take Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour both out for dinner at the moment and the club would let him claim it on expenses, just so long as in the end he delivers titles at the Bernabeu.
Which is another very good reason for keeping his name firmly in the frame at both Chelsea and Manchester City. It will be easier to win titles at Real Madrid if he can spend 100m euros (£88m) this summer… and it will be easier to make sure he gets given 100m euros to spend, if his current employers fear losing him to another club who are willing to bankroll him in the transfer market.
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