Schweinsteiger on the pain Mourinho caused him at Man Utd

Bastian Schweinsteiger

departed his boyhood club

a year before making a move to

, signed by ex-manager Louis van Gaal.

However, the Dutchman was dismissed when the 2015-16 season ended and the midfielder did not live up to the expectations.

Mourinho replaced Van Gaal and he did not favor Schweinsteiger, with the German midfielder revealing the tough time he had under the Portuguese boss. It started with being banned from the dressing room on his 32nd birthday.

"

It was very strange on my birthday I came to the dressing room wanted to change but then someone told me I'm not allowed to go in, and I had to change in the dressing room and had to play with the second team,"

Schweinsteiger told Man Utd's official podcast.

"I was very hurt because no one was talking to me. Then I was speaking to Mourinho about it and he explained something to me something which I really did not understand and it had to do with the second injury that I got.

"My first injury I got the season before I got treated by the medical department of United and then in an easy training session I got the same injury, so I asked Louis van Gaal if I could get treated in Germany because we had the Euros in 2016 coming up and it was always agreed to that.

"So I did that, I was fit, I played the Euros, I was looking forward to coming to United to play with Mourinho who twice actually wanted to buy me with Inter Milan in 2010 and then later on at [Real] Madrid."

The Germany legend played only four times under Mourinho before moving to Chicago Fire in the second season with the Red Devils.

Although Mourinho apologized for how he handled the matter, the player said he had endured ‘great pain’ due to the way he was treated.

"

I had a lot of respect for [Mourinho], obviously, but I did not understand the situation why I was not allowed to train play with the first team,"

he added.

"There were some different opinions about me being professional which is not true because I am professional - I showed it later on I was always training with the kids or alone.

"Mourinho apologized and said he made a mistake which of course was nice but I lost my heart and love a little bit towards the club, not the fans, not players, not the people who live in Manchester, it was not easy.

"If I want to do something I want to do with it with my full heart and energy. But it hurt me so much it was great pain for me and I couldn't really trust [the club]."

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