Manchester United assistant boss Mike Phelan says the shake-up of the coaching staff this season has been welcomed.

Phelan told MUTV: "It isn't just the playing staff that evolves, the coaching staff changes too. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has joined us - he's got the responsibility of developing players now - and he's doing a terrific job so far. Rene Meulensteen came into the club as technical coach and he's progressed. He's done the technical work and has set things in place and now he's been rewarded by becoming first-team coach, a role he's more than capable of doing.

"Together with the manager, the coaches feel as though we have a good team. We all have different qualities but the one thing we've all got is a massive feelgood factor about the club. We want to work hard, produce good players and see good football. We just want to gel together and make it a success.

"I have ideas of what I want to achieve in the future. But the job I've got now is, for me, the second best job in the country. I've got a great manager to work under, he's got fantastic experience and has won everything. I am grateful for the opportunity he has given me, to learn more and develop my career further."