Tottenham's highly-rated coach Kieran McKenna has joined Manchester United.

McKenna has been coaching Tottenham's Under-18 side and has moved to United to fill the void left by Paul McGuinness, who left in February.

The 30-year-old started out as a midfielder with Enniskillen Town in Northern Ireland before joining Tottenham but was forced to quit playing after picking up a hip injury.

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Highly-rated young coach Kieran McKenna has been snapped up by Manchester United

The 30-year-old had been coaching Tottenham's Under-18 side after quitting playing the game

At Spurs he guided Tottenham's under-18s to the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup in 2015.

His side beat Chelsea in the first leg 2-0 at White Hart Lane but lost the second leg at Stamford Bridge 5-2, which gave the Blues a 5-4 aggregate win.

He spoke at the time about wanting to be able to get his players at a level where they needed to be in order to make the transition to the first team.

In his words, it wasn't a priority for him to win the Youth Cup. He wanted to look for 'standout inviduals' who could fit the first-team manager's mould and style of play.

McKenna sits next to Ledley King during the first leg of the semi-final of the FA Youth Cup

McKenna's side lost 5-4 on aggregate to Chelsea but admitted it wasn't his priority to win

He placed more importance on bringing players through who could start for the first team

He began working at Carrington on Thursday but starts officially on Monday.

United are continuing to overhaul their academy as they look to restore a flow of talented younger players who can push for the first team.

United's Under-18s beat Everton 5-1 at the weekend with Angel Gomes coming off the bench to score a hat-trick. New Swiss signing Nishan Burkhart and DJ Buffonge completed the scoring.

United's Under-21s drew 1-1 with Chelsea at Leigh on Sunday.