Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has suggested that Bastian Schweinsteiger is not a part of his squad for this season.
The 32-year-old joined the Red Devils in the summer of 2015 from Bayern Munich, as former manager Louis van Gaal looked to bolster his midfield.
The former Germany captain, who recently retired from international duty, struggled in his opening season at Old Trafford with injury problems.
Sustaining a knee injury in January against Sheffield United was followed up with a similar problem shortly after, making it a campaign to forget for Schweinsteiger.
And Mourinho has now dropped a massive hint that the German is not a part of his future plans, with Juventus superstar Paul Pogba set to replace him.
“I think is what is happening in every club in the world which is the manager decides his squad and chooses a certain number of players to face the season,” Mourinho said at his press conference.
“That’s it and I normally like to work with 20 players plus the three goalkeepers which is what I do for 15 years because we have so many players but at the same time we also have so many competition and especially the Europa League is a competition that changes a lot of the season you can play 15 matches, you play on the Thursday, you have a big risk, travel a lot.
“Normally you are going to play the Premier League on the Sunday so I made the decision to be with 23 players plus three goalkeepers which I think is still a lot and I had to make my decisions.”
The news will disappoint some Manchester United fans, but will not come as a surprise after several reports recently revealed that Schweinsteiger was not in Mourinho’s plans for this season.
Schweinsteiger’s brother, Tobias, also tweeted earlier this week ‘no respect’ in regards to the decision to let his sibling leave Manchester United in such sour circumstances.
The midfielder has not even appeared under Mourinho in pre-season, after only recently returning to the club from his post-Euro 2016 holidays.
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