Schweinsteiger: MLS An Option

Bastian Schweinsteiger's "absolute dream" is to play for Manchester United again, but he admits his future may lie in America.

Schweinsteiger, signed by Louis van Gaal last summer, has been frozen out of Jose Mourinho's first-team plans at Old Trafford.

He confirmed earlier this month he would not join another European club and with the transfer windows in both China and the MLS already closed, he looks set to stay until January at least.

"Of course, my absolute dream would be to play for Manchester United and help them reach the goals they have," the former Germany captain said.

"Of course, we have had talks and I have no problem with Jose Mourinho. We had a good chat and he told me his side of things and I also know what I want.

"We've got to wait and see how things go in September and October, but there is respect between us and that's important for me. I'm certainly not going to stop playing football."

Schweinsteiger, a World Cup winner with Germany who won the Champions League with former club Bayern Munich, has missed his chance to move to MLS but would consider crossing the Atlantic in the future.

He said: "The transfer window is closed in the USA so I'm not going there now. It's my dream still to play for Manchester United and if I get a fair chance, I believe in it.

"I played in the semi-finals of the European Championship as part of the world champions' team, and I believe in my ability and dream of helping United.

"I think up to my suspension last year, things were going well for me, then I had two unfortunate injuries.

"But as I said, it's my absolute dream and goal (to play for United again), but we've got to see what the situation is. The USA is certainly an option, should it come to that."

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