West Ham United star Marko Arnautovic has been backed to succeed at a club like Manchester United.

The Hammers striker is being linked with a move to United in the January transfer window.

United boss Jose Mourinho wants an alternative to Romelu Lukaku and sees Arnautovic as the ideal player.

And Arnautovic's Austria teammate Marcel Sabitzer thinks he would be a success there.

"Marko is a great guy," Sabitzer told Omnisport.

"I get along well with him and we have played together for a long time with the national team.

"We are good friends and once went on holiday together. I like him a lot and I think he feels the same way about me.

"Everybody can see that he has athletic qualities. He had a lack of maturity and luck in Germany and I think he knows that.

"But his performances in England the past few years have demonstrated his real class and I can see the same in terms of the national team.

"That's why I believe that he can make another step forward and play a major role there [at Manchester United]. I cross my fingers for him."