SALFORD RED
14-07-2008, 09:55 PM
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson says
the club are in no rush to appoint a successor to
assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.
With less than five weeks to the start of the
Premier League season, Queiroz left Old Trafford
to take the job of coaching his native Portugal on Friday.
"You take your time with these things," said Ferguson.
"I knew when Portugal came for him that it would be very difficult for us.
But we've good staff and we'll carry on."
Current United coaches Mike Phelan, Brian McClair and Rene Meulensteen
are among the names said to be in the frame for the post,
along with the likes of former Reds defender Laurent Blanc.
"It's always disappointing to lose good men and Carlos was a good man,"
added Ferguson.
"He was honest, very loyal to me and a good coach,
who brought a lot of initiatives that we now carry on.
"He has taken a challenge on that people do,
if they have that patriotic passion and the nationalist
fervour to go and manage their country. He's got that."
Ferguson was speaking following his side's first pre-season run-out,
a 2-0 win over his former side Aberdeen in a testimonial
for the Dons' European Cup Winners' Cup-winning side of 25 years ago.
.
the club are in no rush to appoint a successor to
assistant manager Carlos Queiroz.
With less than five weeks to the start of the
Premier League season, Queiroz left Old Trafford
to take the job of coaching his native Portugal on Friday.
"You take your time with these things," said Ferguson.
"I knew when Portugal came for him that it would be very difficult for us.
But we've good staff and we'll carry on."
Current United coaches Mike Phelan, Brian McClair and Rene Meulensteen
are among the names said to be in the frame for the post,
along with the likes of former Reds defender Laurent Blanc.
"It's always disappointing to lose good men and Carlos was a good man,"
added Ferguson.
"He was honest, very loyal to me and a good coach,
who brought a lot of initiatives that we now carry on.
"He has taken a challenge on that people do,
if they have that patriotic passion and the nationalist
fervour to go and manage their country. He's got that."
Ferguson was speaking following his side's first pre-season run-out,
a 2-0 win over his former side Aberdeen in a testimonial
for the Dons' European Cup Winners' Cup-winning side of 25 years ago.
.