Marcel, speaking at the pre-match press conference, said "We are all professionals and we don't really think about it.

"What happens at the end of the season doesn't matter, we don't care now. Hopefully it will all be sorted out but there are a lot of possibilities. For now it is all about how we finish the season and we want to do as well as we possibly can.

"If something happens at the end of the season we shall show the manager how we feel, but he knows by the way we work in training how much we like him. We have come a long way to get this far in this competition and we must take advantage and get to the final because it will be hard to get here again.

"There is no reason why we cannot finish the season in good condition, we are already second in the league and in the semi-finals of the Champions League."

Marcel is a guaranteed starter in Monaco tonight, with William Gallas definitely injured and John Terry facing a late fitness test...