Zinedine Zidane indicated on Friday that he wants to stay at Real Madrid next season.
But Real's coach admitted his future will depend on results, with his team sitting third in la liga, 15 points adrift of Barcelona, and relying on the Champions league for a major trophy this term.
Zidane had previously stayed guarded over his desire to remain at the club but appears now to have declared his hand. Real travel to las Palmas in the league on Saturday.
"Yes, I would still like to stay as coach of Real Madrid," Zidane said. "Here we depend on the results, it has not changed, it will not change, it is the requirement of this club and I accept it.
"I've been here 18 years, I how Real Madrid functions," said Zidane, who arrived at the club in the summer of 2001.
"I do what I like doing, I do it thoroughly and if the question is, do you want to continueIJ Then yes I will continue. I do not feel tired, not at all."
Despite winning the Champions league in each of his two seasons in charge at Real, as well as the la liga title last year, Zidane has come under pressure in recent months.
Real's limp defence of their domestic crown, a shock exit to leganes in the Copa del Rey, and their poor start in Europe, where they finished second in the group behind Tottenham, combined to put Zidane's position in doubt.
But the mood has changed since Real beat Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions league this month and victory over Juventus would only enhance Zidane's cause further.
His team play Juve on Tuesday in the first leg of the quarter-finals in Turin.
First, however, Real face a trip to Gran Canaria and las Palmas, hoping to close the gap on second-placed Atletico Madrid to one point before Atletico play Deportivo la Coruna on Sunday.
"We hope to take second place, little by little," Zidane said. "Of course we have our minds on Tuesday but tomorrow we have a match and to execute on Tuesday, we have to execute well tomorrow."
Sergio Ramos has picked up a knock and Isco has a back problem, with Zidane confirming neither would travel with the squad this weekend.
Zidane insisted he has no issue with Isco, who followed his hat-trick for Spain against Argentina on Tuesday by saying he does not feel the same confidence playing for Real as for his country.
"He said it clearly, he is happy. Maybe he does not have the best role, but he is important," Zidane said.
"The player wants to play more, like everyone, but I can only choose eleven and I have 25. Isco is a Madrid player and he is going to stay here."
Pogba pushes for start
Jose Mourinho's strained relations with Manchester United's record signing Paul Pogba will again come under close scrutiny when the Premier league returns from its international break this weekend.
Mourinho's side, out of action for two weeks since winning an FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton, face struggling Swansea at Old Trafford on Saturday, with the United manager forced to decide whether to recall the French international to his line-up.
Pogba has been left out of the starting XI by Mourinho for United's past three games, a shocking turn of events given that run has included a cup quarter-final, a vital Champions league tie against Sevilla and a high-profile Premier league meeting with fierce local rivals liverpool.
But the 25-year-old's struggle to find consistent form, plus an obvious difficulty on Mourinho's part to fit him into a system that suits his style of play, has seen Pogba reach what appears to be a crossroads in his career under the Portuguese manager.
Should Mourinho retain his favoured 4-2-3-1 formation against Swansea, the decision about his starting line-up may be aided by the fact that young Scotland international Scott McTominay, who has played in Pogba's position for two of those past three fixtures, has returned from international duty with a calf injury.
Pogba strengthened his claims for a recall, turning in an impressive performance for France in their 3-1 friendly victory against World Cup hosts Russia in St Petersburg in midweek.
In keeping with the inconsistent nature of his season, however, he had been left out of the previous World Cup warm-up game, against Colombia.
The win in Russia included a free-kick goal from Pogba, the first time he has hit the net since scoring for United in the 4-1 Premier league win over Newcastle in mid-November.
And that game also featured an assist from the Manchester United man, something he has failed to provide for his club for two-and-a-half months.
At the heart of Pogba's problems with United lies the issue of which system favours the Frenchman, with the player himself known to prefer a 4-3-3 approach that allows him to focus on his attacking, ahead of his defensive, talents.
However his club manager has been reluctant to adopt that formation, on a regular basis at least, with Pogba usually used in front of his back four, a fact that explains why he has scored just three times this season and has not hit the net for United for well over four months.
Mourinho possibly has bigger issues with which to contend after United players returned from the international break this week to prepare for their first club fixture in two weeks against Swansea.
The United manager launched an astonishing verbal tirade against his players after the FA Cup tie, accusing them of showing "a lack of personality, lack of class and lack of desire" despite a comfortable 2-0 win.
Only midfielders Nemanja Matic and McTominay, playing in place of Pogba, were spared Mourinho's wrath and the United boss faces a stern test of his man-management skills to ensure there is no residual effect from that public humiliation of his stars.
Former England left-back luke Shaw, substituted at half-time of the Brighton game, bore the brunt of Mourinho's anger and the United manager will be hoping Ashley Young recovers from the knee injury he sustained playing for Gareth Southgate's team against Italy on Tuesday in order to replace his team-mate against Swansea.
