Former Manchester United captain Roy Keane reckons interim head coach Michael Carrick lacks football knowledge to deliver the goods for the club. Carrick has led the Red Devils to wins against Manchester City and table-toppers Arsenal.

While United defeated the derby rivals by 2-0 at home, they defeated the Gunners by 3-2 while playing away. The former midfielder, Carrick, has been appointed as United’s interim coach until the end of the ongoing season after Ruben Amorim was sacked by the club.

“Being caretaker manager is a different animal to being manager of United trying to win league titles over the next two, three, four, five years,” Keane told The Overlap podcast.

“We talk about what you need with Arsenal trying to win league titles, the players there, and a new experience for them.

“So Michael Carrick is going to be the manager of Man United? He hasn’t got enough experience. I don’t think he’ll have enough football knowledge.

“I’m not saying Michael Carrick can’t be a top manager, but the timing for him to be manager of Man United in the summer? I don’t see it.

“If he goes in and proves me wrong and starts competing and winning titles, I’ll say, ‘Tell you what. Unbelievable’.

“Forget top four or top five over the next few years. I’m on about winning titles. That’s where Man United have to be.”

United are currently in fourth place in the Premier League standings after their last two wins.

Keane said: “United should definitely be fourth or fifth unless the wheels come off, so just doing that means you should become the manager of Man United?

“If you’d asked us four or five weeks ago who the future manager of Man United would be, Carrick wouldn’t have been mentioned.”

Manchester United will next take on Fulham at Old Trafford on Sunday.