Michel Salgado believes former Real Madrid teammate Raul will still pull on a Blackburn Rovers shirt.
Salgado told a Rovers fans forum that he has been in contact with his old Real Madrid team-mate for three weeks and that he is up for the move.
He reckons 34-year-old Raul, who is in the last year of his contract at Schalke, is 'more likely' to sign in the summer when he is free - but could yet move this season.