Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez hopes to secure a new contract as quickly as possible, although he has admitted it would be the 'perfect ending' to his career to one day take charge at Real Madrid.
The Spaniard has been at the Anfield helm for four and a half years but his current deal expires in 2010 and there continues to be uncertainty about his long-term future, along with several members of his backroom staff.
Benitez does not believe the situation is good for the club and he is looking for negotiations to be brought to a positive conclusion.
"Anyone that has just a year left on his contract does not have anything at all and I have only got a year and a half left," Benitez told The Guardian.
"When people, either within the club or from outside it, realise that the manager only has that much time left then he is dead.
"I've got 10 or 12 assistants whose contracts are up in June. How can a manager lead a project properly if the continuity of his staff is not secure for two or three years?"
Benitez has also dismissed suggestions that he will only sign a new deal if he is given total control over transfers.
He said: "I would like to clear one thing up - I never asked for complete control.
"I did, however, ask for the power to be able to make my own decisions and run the team the way I see fit. That is not the same thing."
Benitez worked at Real Madrid earlier in his career as a coach of their youth teams and he concedes it would be an honour to return to the Bernabeu at some point.
"I am not thinking about leaving and I hope to be here for a long time but of course Real Madrid would be the perfect ending to anyone's career," he explained.
"But my career is not at an end yet."
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