Kenyon unconcerned by United spending

Kenyon, who previously worked at Old Trafford, admits United's bold moves into the transfer market have come as a surprise but insists he and boss Jose Mourinho are satisfied with their work as they look to wrest the title back.

"I think it surprised everybody how quick they came out and what they spent," said Kenyon. "I'm not worried about what we've spent. We always look at how they've spent versus how we've spent and that's fine, but I don't think it's all about money."

Steve Sidwell, Tal Ben Haim and Claudio Pizarro have already been recruited, with Brazil defender Alex set to join from PSV Eindhoven and negotiations continuing with Lyon for Florent Malouda.

It marks a change in policy from the heavy spending of previous seasons, with Kenyon underlining the club's determination to eventually be self-sufficient rather than reliant on the billions of owner Roman Abramovich.

United, in contrast, have bought Owen Hargreaves, Nani and Anderson, as well as attempting to tie up a deal with Carlos Tevez.

Kenyon added: "We're happy with where we are. We've not gone for big signings and not got them, we have our list and have three out of the four on the list.

"There is money and we're going to spend money on Malouda. If there are players we feel are right, there is money available to spend on those. This is very much Jose's wish in terms of what he wanted."

Another signing in the backroom staff is Avram Grant, who was technical director at Portsmouth.

"It's fair to say that we would expect to be making an announcement with him joining us in the next few days," said Kenyon.