“YOU’RE SO boring, do you f*** your wife the same way?” is the most caustic putdown Roy Keane levelled at Carlos Queiroz.
The much-missed fanzine Red Issue revealed that tidbit 15 years ago. then confirmed he had used such language in his 2014 autobiography, only he uncharacteristically omitted the swear words.
Carlos Queiroz instructs Roy Keane in his first season back at United in 2004-05 Credit: Manchester United via Getty Images
Queiroz and Keane during their more amiable first season together in 2002 Credit: PA Archive
Queiroz, now 73, had to possess a skill-set and personality to warrant standing by him over Keane, his greatest captain.
Keane had his contract torn up in November 2005. Ferguson, liberated, set about assembling his third and last great side and Queiroz was indispensable.
Queiroz was not everyone’s cup of tea at United. He was chiefly blamed for United’s bloodless football in the 2004-05 campaign. Ferguson briefly boycotted MUTV the following season after presenter Paul Anthony implored United to switch back to a 4-4-2 formation from the Queiroz-inspired 4-5-1.
Panama, at their second across the Atlantic, had more possession, more attempts at goal and more on target than Queiroz’s Ghana in Toronto on Thursday.
But Queiroz’s ends justified the means with Caleb Yirenkyi’s 95th-minute winner. Queiroz, the oldest coach to clinch a World Cup match, did not look his age when he embarked on a celebratory jog at full-time.
On ITV this week, Keane said Queiroz had the “personality of a dead fish”. On the same channel at the 2018 World Cup, Keane admitted: “I should have probably ripped his head off”.
That was a reference to the summer of 2005. Keane and Queiroz were at loggerheads at the start of United’s pre-season training camp in Vale do Lobo in Portugal, which Queiroz had organised.
Ferguson was absent at the start and upon his arrival Queiroz informed him that Keane had been a “nightmare” over his accommodation.
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21/08/2026
- 8:00pm Arsenal v Coventry City
22/08/2026
- 12:30pm Hull City v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Everton v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Leeds United
- 5:30pm Brentford v Tottenham Hotspur
23/08/2026
- 2:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Aston Villa
- 2:00pm Manchester City v Bournemouth
- 4:30pm Newcastle United v Liverpool
24/08/2026
- 8:00pm Fulham v Chelsea
29/08/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Everton
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Hull City
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Brentford
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Fulham
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Newcastle United
05/09/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Brentford v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Everton v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Fulham v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Hull City v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Tottenham Hotspur
12/09/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Brentford
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Hull City
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Fulham
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Everton
19/09/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Brentford v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Everton v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Fulham v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Hull City
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Aston Villa
10/10/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Brentford
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Hull City v Everton
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Fulham
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Brighton and Hove Albion
17/10/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Brentford v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Everton v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Fulham v Hull City
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Coventry City
24/10/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Everton
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Fulham
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Hull City v Brentford
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Leeds United
31/10/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Fulham
- 3:00pm Brentford v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Hull City v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Everton
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Crystal Palace
07/11/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Hull City
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Brentford
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Everton v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Fulham v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Chelsea
21/11/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Brentford v Everton
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Hull City v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Fulham
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Ipswich Town
28/11/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Hull City
- 3:00pm Everton v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Fulham v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Brentford
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur
02/12/2026
- 8:00pm Bournemouth v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 8:00pm Aston Villa v Everton
- 8:00pm Brentford v Arsenal
- 8:00pm Chelsea v Crystal Palace
- 8:00pm Coventry City v Ipswich Town
- 8:00pm Hull City v Nottingham Forest
- 8:00pm Liverpool v Sunderland
- 8:00pm Manchester City v Leeds United
- 8:00pm Newcastle United v Manchester United
- 8:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham
05/12/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Hull City
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Brentford v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Everton v Fulham
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Arsenal
12/12/2026
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Everton
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Fulham v Brentford
- 3:00pm Hull City v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Nottingham Forest
19/12/2026
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Brentford v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Fulham
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Hull City
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Everton
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Crystal Palace
26/12/2026
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Everton v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Fulham v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Hull City v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Brentford
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Bournemouth
30/12/2026
- 8:00pm Aston Villa v Liverpool
- 8:00pm Coventry City v Brentford
- 8:00pm Crystal Palace v Bournemouth
- 8:00pm Everton v Manchester City
- 8:00pm Fulham v Arsenal
- 8:00pm Hull City v Leeds United
- 8:00pm Ipswich Town v Chelsea
- 8:00pm Manchester United v Sunderland
- 8:00pm Newcastle United v Nottingham Forest
- 8:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Brighton and Hove Albion
02/01/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Brentford v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Everton
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Fulham
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Hull City
06/01/2027
- 8:00pm Arsenal v Brentford
- 8:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Bournemouth
- 8:00pm Crystal Palace v Chelsea
- 8:00pm Everton v Aston Villa
- 8:00pm Fulham v Tottenham Hotspur
- 8:00pm Ipswich Town v Coventry City
- 8:00pm Leeds United v Manchester City
- 8:00pm Manchester United v Newcastle United
- 8:00pm Nottingham Forest v Hull City
- 8:00pm Sunderland v Liverpool
16/01/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Brentford v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Everton
- 3:00pm Hull City v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Fulham
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Leeds United
23/01/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Everton v Brentford
- 3:00pm Fulham v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Hull City
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Coventry City
30/01/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Fulham
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Brentford v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Hull City v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Everton
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Sunderland
06/02/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Hull City
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Everton v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Fulham v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Brentford
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Aston Villa
10/02/2027
- 8:00pm Aston Villa v Bournemouth
- 8:00pm Coventry City v Liverpool
- 8:00pm Crystal Palace v Brentford
- 8:00pm Everton v Leeds United
- 8:00pm Fulham v Nottingham Forest
- 8:00pm Hull City v Sunderland
- 8:00pm Ipswich Town v Arsenal
- 8:00pm Manchester United v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 8:00pm Newcastle United v Chelsea
- 8:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester City
20/02/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Fulham
- 3:00pm Brentford v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Hull City
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Everton
27/02/2027
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Everton v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Fulham v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Hull City v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Brentford
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Liverpool
03/03/2027
- 8:00pm Bournemouth v Tottenham Hotspur
- 8:00pm Arsenal v Crystal Palace
- 8:00pm Brentford v Ipswich Town
- 8:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Fulham
- 8:00pm Chelsea v Coventry City
- 8:00pm Leeds United v Hull City
- 8:00pm Liverpool v Aston Villa
- 8:00pm Manchester City v Everton
- 8:00pm Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United
- 8:00pm Sunderland v Manchester United
13/03/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Hull City
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Fulham
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Everton
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Brentford
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest
20/03/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Brentford v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Everton v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Fulham v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Hull City v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Aston Villa
10/04/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Fulham
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Everton
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Hull City
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Brentford
17/04/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Brentford v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Everton v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Fulham v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Hull City v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Liverpool
24/04/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Brentford v Fulham
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Everton v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Hull City
01/05/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Fulham v Everton
- 3:00pm Hull City v Bournemouth
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Brentford
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Newcastle United
08/05/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Manchester United
- 3:00pm Brentford v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Everton v Hull City
- 3:00pm Fulham v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Chelsea
15/05/2027
- 3:00pm Arsenal v Nottingham Forest
- 3:00pm Aston Villa v Newcastle United
- 3:00pm Chelsea v Everton
- 3:00pm Coventry City v Tottenham Hotspur
- 3:00pm Crystal Palace v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 3:00pm Hull City v Fulham
- 3:00pm Ipswich Town v Manchester City
- 3:00pm Liverpool v Brentford
- 3:00pm Manchester United v Leeds United
- 3:00pm Sunderland v Bournemouth
23/05/2027
- 3:00pm Bournemouth v Chelsea
- 3:00pm Brentford v Hull City
- 3:00pm Brighton and Hove Albion v Liverpool
- 3:00pm Everton v Arsenal
- 3:00pm Fulham v Coventry City
- 3:00pm Leeds United v Sunderland
- 3:00pm Manchester City v Aston Villa
- 3:00pm Newcastle United v Crystal Palace
- 3:00pm Nottingham Forest v Ipswich Town
- 3:00pm Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United
30/05/2027
- 4:00pm Arsenal v Brighton and Hove Albion
- 4:00pm Aston Villa v Tottenham Hotspur
- 4:00pm Chelsea v Brentford
- 4:00pm Coventry City v Nottingham Forest
- 4:00pm Crystal Palace v Leeds United
- 4:00pm Hull City v Newcastle United
- 4:00pm Ipswich Town v Everton
- 4:00pm Liverpool v Bournemouth
- 4:00pm Manchester United v Fulham
- 4:00pm Sunderland v Manchester City
Keane actually enjoyed his time in Portugal. His family were present, as they had been holidaying in the area before United’s training schedule began.
But after United returned to Manchester, Keane tweaked his hamstring and missed the pre-season tour of Asia. When he regained his fitness, he found Queiroz to be aloof.
The moment Keane wanted to “rip his head off” came after Queiroz tossed him a bib and asked him to stand up front during a practice match.
That was the beginning of the end of Keane at United and he was gone less than four months later.
Keane’s unaired appearance on MUTV for the weekly ‘Plays the Pundit’ edition, in which he analysed United’s diabolical 4-1 thrashing by Middlesbrough in October 2005, gave Ferguson grounds for a severance. But the friction started with Queiroz.
Gary Neville had been scheduled to nestle into the pundit’s chair but had to withdraw. Somehow, someone at MUTV thought that Keane would be a safe alternative.
Ferguson eventually insisted that the whole squad watch the video. So the United squad gathered in his office, like politicians in No.10 for a hastily-arranged cabinet meeting.
Keane insists his teammates were fine with his analysis, but perhaps none had the nerve to question him.
Keane, in one of his final appearances for United, on the opening day of the 2005-06 season Credit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
Queiroz watches Keane at Carrington Credit: John Peters
Ferguson and Queiroz were present and seething. Queiroz questioned Keane’s loyalty, the second time Keane surprised himself by exercising physical restraint.
Keane retorted: “Don’t you f*****g talk to me about loyalty, Carlos. You left this club after 12 months a few years ago for the Real Madrid job.”
Ferguson knew Keane had to go and United confirmed the news at the end of the November international fortnight. Keane considered it Saipan Mk II – the sequel to his fall-out with Mick McCarthy before the 2002 World Cup.
In United’s next game at Charlton Athletic, the United supporters unfurled a banner in tribute to Keane and chanted “F**k off Queiroz”.
Ferguson’s backing of Queiroz was staunch. Amid the MUTV fallout, Neville had also approached Ferguson to express concern about Queiroz’s training methods and received The Hairdryer.
Ferguson conceded Queiroz could be repetitive with some drills – hence Keane’s quip about consistent love-making – and once dubbed him a “funny old sod”.
Before United played Barcelona in the 2008 Champions League semi-final first leg at Camp Nou, Queiroz placed mats on the training pitch to signal where the players should specifically be positioned whenever Barca were in possession.
It worked. United did not concede in either leg, winning 1-0 on aggregate to reach their third European Cup final.
Queiroz and Ferguson prepare for the 2008 Champions League final at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow Credit: Getty
Valter di Salvo, Queiroz, Tony Coton and Mike Phelan join Ferguson in celebrating the 2006 League Cup win Credit: Getty Images
Across two spells as Ferguson’s assistant that totalled five years, Queiroz helped United to three Premier League titles, the Champions League and the League Cup.
After Queiroz left to take over as Portugal coach in 2008, United were too often tactically inept in Ferguson’s twilight years in management.
There were three more titles, two more League Cups, a Club World Cup, and two more Champions League final appearances, back when United were such serial winners that a title could feel unfulfilling if it was not accompanied by the European Cup.
But United were disjointed against Barca in Rome in 2009 and even worse at Wembley in 2011. A dressing room argument ensued at half-time in the latter over the tactics.
Queiroz’s in-house successor, Mike Phelan, was a Ferguson loyalist and the players found his sessions enjoyable. But Phelan was ill-equipped to outmaneuver elite opponents in an era that Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona and the Spain national side changed the tactical landscape.
Since following Ferguson out of Old Trafford in 2013, Phelan has had forgettable caretaker stints at Norwich and Hull and a second spell as United assistant next to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, a deluded period in which the club attempted to summon the spirit of Ferguson.
Phelan’s only coaching role in the last four years was a 23-day spell assisting Wayne Rooney at Plymouth Argyle. Queiroz is at his fifth consecutive World Cup.
As for Queiroz’s wife, reports in 2009 suggested the Queirozs had separated, but Queiroz sported a wedding ring in Toronto.
Queiroz during Ghana’s hydration break Credit: AP
Queiroz celebrates Ghana’s win Credit: via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock 
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