With the centre of midfield proving to be a weakness ever since the departure of the angriest Irishman in the world, Louis Van Gaal has dipped into his deep transfer pockets and signed an absolute stonker,
Bastian Schweinsteiger is expected to sign on the dotted line for a reported €20m (about 15m of the Queens pounds), with a two year contract being offered to the World Cup winner. According to ‘The Bild’, the deal is as good as done after the midfielder failed to report to pre season with his Munich team-mates.
With just about every major honour collected ever since coming through as a young whipper snapper in Bayern’s youth side, it can only be presumed that Bastian fancied something a little different. Having played under United’s Dutch manager between 2009 and 2011, suddenly it seems the perfect fit.
At 30 years of age, the recruitment of the Bayern Munich player certainly isn’t with the distant future in mind. If United want trophy’s sooner rather than later, who can argue that battling midfielder isn’t exactly what the Red Devil’s require.