Michael Carrick has described Manchester United as a 'beast of a football club'.

England's most successful club has not made the top-four since Sir Alex Ferguson left in 2013.

But Carrick still believes the club has the reputation as one of the country's biggest.

"It's a big club, this — a beast of a football club. I think it has [consumed certain players] over the years.

"We can all see that. There is a certain level of ­expectation, standards and ­scrutiny, that you probably don't get elsewhere."