- Louis Van Gaal blasts Mourinho for treating Schweinsteiger bad at Manchester United
- The 33-year-old became irrelevant at the club after the arrival of the Portuguese manager two seasons ago
Former Manchester United manager Louis Van Gaal has expressed dissatisfaction with the treatment meted out to Bastian Schweinsteiger after leaving the club.
The 33-year-old joined the Red Devils in 2015 having spent over a decade at Bayern Munich with 45 goals in 342 appearances.
But the Dutch tactician believes the Germany international should have been treated more with respect, to the extent that he was written off as an asset in their club accounts.
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Schweinsteiger spent most of his period at Old Trafford on the sidelines, but return briefly to the squad before joining Major League Soccer's Chicago Fire last March.
"Schweinsteiger was, of course, older but not too old," the former United boss told Sport Bild.
"His body was not able to keep up with the high demands of Premier League. Bayern sold him to us as fit player, but, in fact, physically he had reached the end.
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"How Mourinho treated him after me, Schweini did not deserve this. But it explains the situation, how it stood with Schweinsteiger.
"It's a shame because he is a player like Luis Enrique, Mark van Bommel or Philipp Lahm - the guys who always present on the pitch."
The 2014 Fifa World Cup winner appeared for United 18 times and scored one goal in his two-year reign.
Schweinsteiger won one Uefa Champions League title, eight Bundesliga titles and several other trophies in his entire football career.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng