Article by Adrian Duţă – published on Thursday, April 17, 2025, 11:37 / Updated Thursday, April 17, 2025 11:38
Bastian Schweinsteiger (40) has reached Manchester United as an important transfer from Bayernin 2015. However, the German did not shine in England. He left the team after only two years, being practically forced to leave. The reason this happened is José Mourinho, as the former midfielder revealed.
Schweinsteiger arrived in northern England as a great purchase, but did not shine. After Euro 2016, he was practically expelled. He would leave in March 2017, at Chicago Fire, in MLS.
Bastian Schweinsteiger: “Even on the day he told me I was not allowed in the locker room”
Bastian Schweinsteiger, at Manchester United/ Photo: Guliver/ Gettyimages
“It was the pre-season of 2016 and I was with the national of Germany, I came far at the European Championship, until the semifinals, so I joined the team (Manchester United) a little later. He was in the United States in pre-Sezon tournament.
When I arrived, on the first day, I trained with Zlatan Ibrahimović and thought he was wonderful, a vision player, it's incredible to play with him. The next day, on my birthday, when I entered Carrington (United Training Center), John Murtough (sports director) was there and told me that I was not allowed to enter the locker room, so the coach said.
Without any warning, nothing. I don't know [de ce mi-a spus asta]. Someone could tell me that [în prima zi de antrenament] Or to explain to me in a normal way, but in the end, I went to the youth team locker and trained with those under 16. Yes, they kicked me out of the locker room of the first team, so I had to bring him to bring my boots and training equipment.
I asked him who I train with, and he said he was the U16 team, so I went and trained with U16. I asked him if I could talk to the manager in the afternoon, so after I returned from training with those under 16, where I trained stupid because I didn't know what was going on or if it was a joke, I had a meeting with José Mourinho.
He explained to me that he did not see me happy at United because when I was injured, I made my recovery with the German doctors, spending my time in Germany ”, said Bastian Schweinsteigerquoted by Sportal.blic.rs.
Of course, I returned to United and kept in touch with the doctors and watched the matches-I talked to Louis Van Gaal as long as he was a coach, and he told me to come to the weekends at United and keep in with the doctors, I needed to be fit and it was a final of the cup I almost played.
This was our agreement and I kept it. For me, all I wanted was to recover and be able to play-I kept understanding with Louis Van Gaal, but obviously the management had a slightly different opinion about it. Only I was sent to the youth locker. After that, I trained myself for at least three months with the physical trainer.
José never allowed me to train with the first team, I suppose he wanted to get rid of me. At that moment, I was still very happy at United, I liked to wear the shirt, I liked everything. I thought maybe it's just a period, I will train and stay fit and maybe one day will change. My dream was always to return to Old Trafford.
– Bastian Schweinsteiger, former Middle Manchester United
35 matchesPlayed Bastian Schweinsteiger for Manchester United. He's a legend of Bayern, where he ticked 500 appearances
