Walter Smith slipped quietly through the exit door last week thanking Ferguson for the opportunity handed to him this season leaving the way clear for Queiroz to resume his relationship with United as Ferguson's number two.
Lazio's fitness coach is also heading United's way, as Ferguson looks to shake up United's backroom team. Sven Goran Eriksson has taken Carminati into the England set up and England's United players are said to have relayed favourable reports of the regime established under Carminati back to Ferguson.