Roy Keane says Bruno Fernandes must win a trophy with Manchester United before comparisons with Eric Cantona can be taken seriously.
Fernandes has been superb since joining United 12 months ago but is yet to get his hands on any silverware. He tasted defeat at the semi-final stage of a competition for the third time as a United player as they lost to City in the Carabao Cup on Wednesday night.
United are without a trophy since 2017 but find themselves at the top of the Premier League and have the Europa League and FA Cup to play for in 2021.
Keane said: "It’s not easy winning football trophies. Fernandes has had great praise, over the last few months, people have been comparing him to Cantona.
"But Fernandes didn’t really do much tonight; the top players turn up on the big occasions and that’s what the Cantonas used to do and get their hands on the trophies.
"They probably need one or two more players to come into the squad, no doubt, and the mentality - they need probably the confidence of winning a semi-final to get them over the line and then you need momentum, but they didn’t have it tonight."
