Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to stay while assistant coach Carlos Queiroz is poised to depart.

Manchester United are set to receive mixed news about personnel as winger Cristiano Ronaldo looks set to stay while assistant coach Carlos Queiroz is poised to leave to manage Portugal.

Sky Sports News report that while Queiroz has indicated his interest to helm the Portuguese post, he has left Manchester United and the Portuguese Football Federation to thrash out a deal and his appearance at a Portuguese airport has added more fuel to the fire that he is set to depart from Old Trafford.

Carlos Queiroz told Sky Sports: “Manchester United fans are the best fans in the world.”
When quizzed where he expects Ronaldo to play his club football in 2008-09, the Mozambique-born Red Devils assistant said: “I have no doubts he will be at Manchester next season.”

On the Ronaldo saga, Real Madrid official Jose Luis Lopez Serrano attended a conference for European clubs in Switzerland in the place of Ramon Calderon with Red Devils’ director David Gill also present.

Serrano said: “There are no problems with Manchester United, everything is okay between the two clubs… I can say nothing though [regarding progress in a possible Ronaldo transfer] but we always like the best players.”

While not mentioning anything to the press, Sky Sports stated that David Gill revealed off camera that Ronaldo is going nowhere.

The future of Carlos Queiroz, however, looks less rosier.

As most of the Manchester United squad converged for pre-season training, there was a notable absence of Ronaldo who has been given further time off following his exertions for his country at Euro 2008 while Rooney, Ferdinand, and Tevez were all filmed taking part in light training.