Current Lyon boss Alain Perrin will get the sack despite leading
the club to their seventh consecutive Ligue 1 crown and their first
Coupe de France since 1973.
And OL president Jean-Michel Aulas has identified Queiroz as a
realistic candidate for the job at Stade Gerland, hinting that he
has a hot tip regarding the Portuguese coach’s availability.
"I had thought of him, but it did seem difficult to me," Aulas said
in News of the World. "Now, following confidential
information I have received, everything is conceivable."
Aulas and co have been impressed by Queiroz’s contributions at
United, who knocked Les Gones out of last season’s Champions League
on the way to winning the competition.
Sir Alex Ferguson, who announced recently that he would retire
within the next three years, has hinted that his Mozambique-born
assistant should be heading the pack to succeed him at Old
Trafford.
Queiroz has left the Red Devils once before when he took the reins
at Real Madrid in 2004, returning to Manchester just a season later
after enduring a torrid time at the Bernabeu.
The former South Africa coach is reportedly keen to establish
himself as a top-flight manager, and Lyon are prepared to grant the
55-year-old the opportunity to stake his claim.