Veteran Real Madrid midfielder Guti appears on his way back to playing for the Spanish giants after falling out with Chilean coach Manuel Pellegrini at the end of October.
Guti trained with the rest of his teammates Wednesday for the first time since the reported falling out and is hoping to play against Mallorca in the Spanish league this weekend.
"I am ready if Pellegrini wants me," he told reporters when asked if he would be part of the Real squad which faces Mallorca on Saturday.
A product of Real?s youth system, the 33-year-old is one of the longest-serving members of the squad but he has been out of action since the club's embarrassing 4-0 Spanish Cup defeat against third division side Alcorcon on October 27.
According to media reports Guti had a half-time argument in Alcorcon with Pellegrini, and insulted the coach when he was told that he was going to be substituted at half-time.
The player, whose full name Jose Maria Gutierrez, also made an obscene gesture to Alcorcon fans at the start of the second half when sitting on the Real bench after someone launched an insult directed at him.
Pellegrini left Guti off his squad for several matches after the defeat against Alcorcon and then the player was sidelined with a tear to a thigh muscle.
The former Spain international joined Real's youth academy in 1985 and made his first-team debut in December 1995./AFP/
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