Iran's Queiroz swears he didn’t seek Ferguson's help to beat England

Carlos Queiroz

had two spells as an assistant to 

's legendary head coach,

Alex Ferguson

, and

helped the Scot win the Red Devils six trophies. However, despite remaining friends with Ferguson, Queiroz insists he didn't seek any help from Ferguson to beat England with

on Monday.

"I confess I didn't receive any help from Scotland,"

Queiroz said on Sunday

.

"Of course, we talk frequently as friends, but you can relax, Scotland this time is not supporting anything against England."

Though Queiroz believes England's generation of 2022 is the best since the 1966 World Cup-winning squad, he praised

for their attitude.

"I worked with English players, I met them. They're really brilliant, great and fantastic attitude all the time,"

he said.

"They love to play the game with rhythm and intensity, which is part of the culture of English football.

"We know the English culture isn't like Spanish or Portugal, obsessed by ball possession, but then we know in a country like England, teams like Leicester City are able to win a championship with more opportunities without so much of the ball possession, like Manchester City and the other clubs. Football is this magic.

"The English players have my heart because they are a great example, they are always ready to play, always training with intensity. The way they play the game with a direct mind to put the ball in the net with full intensity, it's amazing.

"If I choose one kind of players to go to war, for sure I would not ignore the mentality and attitude of English players. This new generation Southgate is bringing in the national team, in my opinion I'd say it's the most talented…most competitive English national team since 1966, which I had the opportunity to see.

"This team is very functional, very practical, realistic. I worked with the generation of Rio [Ferdinand], not in the national team, and [Paul] Scholes, David Beckham, fantastic players all those guys, but this national team is really different because they have a realistic approach to every game, which makes them very dangerous.

"What can I say about England that people don't already know. They're one of the top national teams. Taking into consideration the last result and work they're doing, they're serious candidates to be in the final, one of the medal positions, even a candidate to be world champions."

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