Veloso a no-go
Sir Alex Ferguson has defended his assistant Carlos Queiroz over
the row involving Sporting Lisbon midfielder Miguel Veloso,
insisting the Reds are not interested in signing him.
Sporting chairman Filipe Soares Franco has accused the United No.2
of unsettling Veloso after reported comments from Queiroz praising
the 21-year-old.
Queiroz defended his position, rejecting completely an allegation
of being "ethically and morally very low", pointing out that he had
never actually said the things Franco was responding to.
Sir Alex has added his backing and believes Franco should retract
his comments.
"It is unfortunate the president has said this and it is more
unfortunate that he has chosen Carlos as his target," said the
United boss at a press conference in Rome.
"Carlos is not in the field of doing these things. His behaviour is
impeccable and I feel the president should retract his
comments.
"We have a good relationship with Sporting, which we have had for
five years. We signed Ronaldo and Nani with no problems so why
should we start to tap up a player when we have a good relationship
with them.
"We are not interested in him and never have been."
