Roy Keane tips Man United to finish fourth and praises Jadon Sancho

Roy Keane has backed Manchester United to secure a top four finish following their 4-2 victory against Leeds at Elland Road on Sunday.

Ralf Rangnick's side held off a spirited fightback from Leeds to move further clear of their rivals for the final Champions League spot.

Despite Arsenal, Wolves and Tottenham all having games in hand on United, Keane believes his former club will get into Europe's elite club competition if they can put any off-field issues to the side for the final few months of the campaign.

'I think United will be fine for fourth, I really do. There’s been lots of noises about players wanting to leave, contract situations with Pogba and Jesse Lingard, and people like that. Focus on the next few months, big few months for Man United, try and get fourth,' he told Sky Sports.

'They’ve a big European game coming up, focus on that, and then regroup again in the summer regarding obviously a manager, they’ll be looking at recruitment, but keep their heads and keep focused and they should be OK.'

Reflecting on Sunday's match, Keane singled out Jadon Sancho for praise. The winger provided assists for Bruno Fernandes and Fred either side of half time, and Keane admitted he was pleased to see him hitting his stride after a difficult start to life at Old Trafford.

'He’s getting a bit of swagger back, and it’s nice to see because he was getting heavily criticised,' he added.

Robbie Keane was also in the Sky Sports studio, and he hailed Sancho's improvement in recent weeks, claiming that the youngster is beginning to replicate the form that he showed at Borussia Dortmund. 

‘He was brilliant today, Sancho. The last few weeks he’s been fantastic. When he first came, every time he got the ball he was going backwards and