Rio Ferdinand says Romelu Lukaku should look up to Didier Drogba if he wants to be loved by Manchester United fans.
Lukaku found the back of the net for the Red Devils in their 3-0 win over Basel on Tuesday, his sixth in all competitions for the Manchester club, if you include the Super Cup.
He is currently the most prolific striker in the Premier League, but Ferdinand believes he needs to do more than just score goals for his club.
Speaking about how the Belgium international can improve and become a Manchester United legend, Ferdinand told BT Sports: "A player we were looking at before is Didier Drogba, and he's a player he [Lukaku] should be looking up to maybe.
"And looking at certain things from his game, to add to it. And a particular part of it, when we were looking at Lukaku, he scores a lot of goals.
"You would hear Drogba's goal record and it wouldn't blow you away in terms of numbers. But he scored important goals. Big goals in big games.
"Cup finals and league deciders, and this is what this guy has got to do, this is where he'll become loved, this is where he'll become folklore if he does that for Manchester United."
Lukaku, a commanding centre-forward, has previously been compared to Chelsea legend Drogba, but explained the pair are very different players.
"Drogba is more of a hold-up player, a target man. I prefer to have ball to feet and run in behind. We're totally different," said Lukaku.
"We might have physical similarities but we're totally different players. I'm Romelu Lukaku, I want to create my own history. I'm at United, he was at Chelsea."
Source: The Mirror.
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