There's little wrong at United, says new guru
Despite United's barren campaign last season, Queiroz feels there is little wrong at Old Trafford.
The Portugal man, who has been getting to know his new charges during pre-season training at Carrington, says the team needs some fine tuning.
Queiroz, who has coached Portugal and Sporting Lisbon and led South Africa to the last World Cup only to quit before the tournament, compared United to a top-class sprinter who is trying to shave a couple of tenths of a second off his time.
Queiroz, 49, said: ''When you have a sprinter who can reach 100 metres in twelve seconds it is easier to make an impact on his times.
''To bring the sprinter down from 12 seconds to 10.1 or something like that is achievable and can be done a lot quicker.
''But if you have a sprinter who can do 9.9 seconds then to make him run 9.7 sometimes you can spend all your life doing it but it can be done.
''Manchester United is the sprinter who has achieved 9.9 seconds.
''At this club it's not easy to be better and better and better. The magic here is to make things more perfect.
''But with so much quality at Old Trafford you can make it happen.
"It's a challenge I'm looking forward to,'' he told the Manchester Evening News. And, Manchester United chief executive Peter Kenyon has warned that Ferguson is ready to bounce back from last season's disappointments.
Ferguson is anxious to return to his more accustomed trophy-winning ways after his side slipped to third in the Premiership last season and went out of the Champions League at the semi-final stage.
Kenyon told the Daily Mirror: ''He loves to answer people, to prove the critics wrong. He's done that every time people have doubted him.
''There's no doubt Alex was disappointed at what happened last year we all were.
''He's not used to finishing third in the league and going out of Europe the way we did.
"He has his standards and demands everybody lives up to them.
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