Neville slams Manchester United's treatment of World Cup winner as 'illegal'

Gary Neville has slammed Manchester United's treatment of Bastian Schweinsteiger as "illegal" after the former Germany international revealed he was made to train with the club's under-16 team during the summer of 2016.

After sustaining a knee injury in the narrow FA Cup third round win against Sheffield United on January 9, Schweinsteiger only made four substitute appearances in the 2015-16 season yet travelled to Dubai, Miami and Stuttgart to watch his partner, tennis player Ana Ivanovic. "It was 2016 and I was with the German national team, we went far in the competition reaching the semi-finals, so I stepped in a little later and the team were in the US for a pre-season tour," said Schweinsteiger.

“I asked him whether I could talk to the manager in the afternoon, so when I came back from training with the under 16s, where I trained so bad because I didn’t know what was going on or it was a joke, I then had a meeting with Jose Mourinho in the afternoon. "In that moment, I was still super happy at United, I loved to wear the jersey, I loved it. I was thinking that maybe it was just a period, I will train now and keep myself fit and maybe one day they’ll change their mind. My dream was to always step back out into Old Trafford."

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

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