Lukaku, 24, completed his move to United from Everton for a reported £75million on Monday.
The Belgium international heads to Old Trafford on the back of a 25-goal Premier League season and arrives as Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s replacement.
Carrick is sure Lukaku will deliver at United, but wants his team-mates to provide plenty of support.
“You don’t want to look to put everything on his shoulders, but that is why he has been brought here – to help at that end of the pitch, to score and create goals,” he told MUTV.
“As a team and as attacking players everybody needs to chip in to score goals and share the load a little bit, to take the pressure off the individuals.
“But of course, he is going to be the [main] one we look to for scoring goals and I am sure he will.”
Lukaku has managed to score at least 10 league goals in the past five seasons, giving United some much-needed firepower after they were the lowest scoring of the top seven teams in 2016-17.
Carrick, 35, is glad he no longer has to face the Belgian, saying: “I have tried to tackle him a few times and got nowhere near him, so at least I won’t have to do that too often.
“Listen, you have seen what he can bring to us. He is a big guy, he has got a big presence and he scores goals.
“That is what we are going to need from him, that is what he is going to bring and I am sure he will have a great time here.”
0 votes
