Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is confident he will be given time to rebuild Manchester United, despite their poor start to the season after spending £145-million in the summer. 

They are currently 15-points behind Premier League leaders Liverpool, and without a win in five games, going into Sunday's crucial clash at Old Trafford.

Solskjaer insists that money is available to spend big in the next two transfer windows:

"I've got a three-year contract now so of course we are planning long-term," Solskjaer told Sky Sports.

"If you lose a game you don't wait for a call to be given assurances but we have started out a plan and a recruitment plan is in place.

"I am 100 per cent sure from my time here that the structure is right because it's always the manager that has the final say.

"I know people have said stuff about our recruitment but it's almost like an insult to the recruitment office, the scouts and us as professionals - me and Mick Phelan, the staff. We make decisions on the players we want to have and who's available and then it's the negotiations.

"The money is there and I've been looking at players," Solskjaer added. "We were close to a couple of players but they weren't right.

"The money is there to strengthen in January, in the summer, and we are planning, we are looking, we are finding our targets, but just before the transfer window ended no, they weren't there, the ready-made players.

"The resources are there if the right players are available."