Aguirre's contract with Atlético is due to expire in June, but the Mexican coach will received an automatic extension if the club qualify for European competition, something that looks in the bag with just six games left to play.
Atlético are nine points clear of seventh placed Almeria and with only eighteen points on offer in the remaining games of the season, it would take a collosal collapse from Los Rojiblancos for them not to finish in the top six from their current position.
Top four and qualification for the Champions League remains their primary objective, but Aguirre feels that he is building a team that can be successful for many years to come, and even if they were to miss out on the top four, it seems unlikely that the board will cut short the long-term plan that Aguirre laid out when he first signed on.
Aguirre met with Mexican Football Federation officials in a Madrid hotel on Monday to formally turn down their approach to take charge of the national team for a second time, and will now assume an advisory role, and they search for a coach to lead them into the 2010 World Cup following the parting of ways with Hugo Sanchez.
