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The Latest On The Bastian Schweinsteiger Rumors

The Bastian-Schweinsteiger-To-Chicago-Fire plot has thickened significantly over the past couple of weeks, as one would expect when José Mourinho is involved. When the news broke in November that Fire manager Veljko Paunoviu0107 had met with Schweinsteiger for dinner in Manchester, the entire transaction seemed pretty straightforward. The former Germany captain had yet to feature for United’s first team in any competition this season, and since then has only turned out in the League Cup plus a couple appearances on the team sheet as an unused substitute. It seemed like Schweinsteiger’s deal would get bought out by the Red Devils in January, and the German legend would be on his way to Bridgeview.