PREMIERSHIP clubs interested in signing Burnley winger Glen Little will end up disappointed according to Clarets chairman Barry Kilby.

Little has received rave reviews for his displays this season, not least the two goal show at Birmingham in midweek, and Sunderland boss Peter Reid has already been linked with a move for him.

But Kilby stressed: "Selling our assets is not what we are about. We have no need to sell Glen or anyone else for that matter.

"We are busy trying to build a squad, not break it up."

And the hands off message in relation to Little also extends to the manager, Stan Ternent. Kilby said: "Stan has been a superb manager and it is no surprise to see his name linked with other jobs. But as an employed manager anyone interested in his services would have to contact me and I can confirm there has been no call from anyone.

"We extended Stan's contract last year and it does not run out until the end of next season. I fully expect to have further contract discussions with him at the end of this season."

While the chairman is confident that the club will not be forced to sell any key players, he admitted that at the moment there are no immediate plans to bring more new faces in, although that might be subject to change.

"We set our budget at the start of the season and Stan is working to that," he explained. "At the moment we are pretty high up towards that figure so any extra money would have to be made available by the board.

"We are trying to break even after three successive years of losses but that is not to say we would not back Stan if he wanted to bring someone in.

"But we don't want to have to borrow any money and, as I said, we have no intention of selling any players to raise funds.

"It would be a major decision to spend more money but football is football and we will have to wait and see. Any decision will be taken on its merit."

With the club certain to be sitting pretty at the top of the first division tonight, whatever the result at Carrow Road, Kilby knows the club has come a long way since he took over as chairman in December 1998, two months after joining the board.

"We raised £5million with a rights issue and that has covered the losses in the last few years," he said. "This year we hope to have our expenditure covered by our income."

In keeping with everyone connected with the club, Kilby is determined not to get carried away by the excellent start to the season. But there is no doubt that the lifelong Clarets fan is more than delighted with the way things are going.

The club has made progress every year since he took over as chairman and he has high hopes that that situation will continue.