“The day of my birthday I arrived at the United dressing room and they told me that I couldn’t get dressed”

Bastian Schweinsteiger’s time at Manchester United was not easy at all. The German, having successfully spent his entire career in the Bundesliga (13 seasons, from 2033 to 2015), decided to take a turn and try something new.. He opted for the Premier and for a historic place like Old Trafford. However, on the bench was José Mourinho, with whom he had problems. Now he tells how he was removed from the team and later, when he corrected himself and apologized, it was too late…

“It was all very strange. On the day of my birthday I arrived at the locker room to prepare for training and someone told me that I couldn’t get dressed there, that I had to go out and train with the subsidiary. I was very hurt. Then I spoke with José Mourinho and he gave me a strange explanation, related to the injury he had had. I was quite excited to play with him, especially because he had already tried to sign me when I was coaching Inter and Real Madrid.” admitted the former German international.

“I had a lot of respect for him, but I didn’t understand that situation and why I was banned from working with the team. Later, Mourinho came to see me, apologized and admitted that he was wrong. It was a good attitude on his part, but by then he had already lost the desire to be at Manchester United, he was no longer 100% at the club.Schweinsteiger explained.

Some time ago he admitted that it could be caused by his previous coach, Guardiola. Maybe it was because I played with Pep and had played Pep Guardiola’s football, which he doesn’t like…”. In the middle of that season he decided to take land in between and left for the United States to play for the MLS Chicago Fire.

change of course

It is clear that this fact marked the career of Schweinsteiger forever. From having been an indisputable piece at Bayern Munich, champion of everything with the German giant and also with the National Team, to being set aside at United. In 2019, when he was still playing in the American league, he decided to say goodbye to soccer.