Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs says winning the EFL Cup will kickstart the Jose Mourinho era.

United step out at Wembley against Southampton on Sunday looking to avenge the FA Cup final defeat of 1976 and, far more importantly, win their first major trophy under the Portuguese.

"I think it is always important to win a trophy," he told Press Association Sport.

"This was the first trophy I won and it was the first trophy that I think Wayne Rooney and Cristiano Ronaldo won, so it does give players that feeling of what it is like to win something with Manchester United.

"That gives you the confidence to then go on and it sort of takes the pressure off a little bit that you have already won something this season.

"Especially with United going for the fourth place, the FA Cup and the Europa League, it is sort of that little bit of security that you've already won something."