Madrid are 10 points clear at the top of La Liga with five games remaining, meaning they could win the league next weekend when they play Athletic Bilbao at the Santiago Bernabeu should other results go their way.

And while it may still be possible for Madrid to throw their huge lead away, Calderon believes it is now a matter of time before his team win an historic back-to-back run of league titles.

"I think that we've played some great games this year and if we win it'll be the second title in two years," Calderon told Spanish newspaper Marca.

"That's something that hasn't happened in 18 years, which must show our merit.

"This campaign we've been first since week one. It seems logical that the championship should end that way."

To that end the club have begun preparing their title celebrations despite having not yet been crowned champions in the Primera Liga.

The captain of the capital club traditionally places a Madrid scarf and flag on the Cibeles fountain in the city once the league has been won.

Last year, however, there were problems with the celebrations as the club had to wait until the last day of the season to win the league, and a crane had to be hired to lift captain Raul to the top of the fountain statue.

Calderon said: "As you can't improvise these things, if it happens (that we win the league) we have been given the green light from the city council for the captain to access the Cibeles, without the complications of last year, by using a footbridge.

"We have been given all the help we need from the council to make sure Madrid fans get the party they deserve."

Another tradition in Spain is for the newly crowned champions to be applauded onto the field by their rivals in the game after the conquest of the league.

With Madrid's game against Osasuna at the beginning of May looking like being the time when Madrid will claim the crown, that would mean arch-rivals Barcelona would have to applaud Madrid onto the field in the following fixture.

But while many in Spain believe the act would be humiliating for Barca, Calderon believes it is merely a sporting gesture which he would offer to them.

"The tradition is losing its virtue because it is being turned into a humiliation when in reality it's a tribute that sportsmen offer to other sportsmen," he said.

"Although in some circles it'll pain them to hear it, I want Barca to win the Champions League. I'd prefer a Spanish team to win it that an English one."