On the occasion of a podcast published on the official Manchester United website, Bastian Schweinsteiger returned to his second season at the club, during which he was removed from the professional group by José Mourinho. Indeed, after playing 31 games under Louis Van Gaal, he only took part in 4 games with the Portuguese technician, and the former Bayern Munich player did not understand this dismissal: “it was very strange on my birthday, i came to the locker room to change, but someone told me that i was not allowed to go in the locker room and i had to go change and play with the reserve team.”
“I was very sad because nobody spoke to me. Then I spoke to Mourinho about it and he explained something to me that I really didn’t understand and which had to do with the second injury I had. I had a lot of respect for him, of course, but I couldn’t understand why I wasn’t allowed to train with the first team, because there were different opinions about me not being not professional, which is not true, because I am professional – I showed it later, I always practiced with the children or alone. ». The Portuguese manager reportedly didn’t appreciate the midfielder traveling to Germany to treat his injury.“He’s in the category of players I regret what I did to them.”conceded José Mourinho to the Guardian in 2017.
