Schweinsteiger could be handed a route out of Manchester United by Chicago Fire JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty ImagesChicago Fire lead a list of six clubs who are interested in signing Bastian Schweinsteiger, the Manchester United outcast. Schweinsteiger, 32, met with the Chicago Fire head coach, Veljko Paunovic, at an Italian restaurant in the Cheshire village of Hale, where the midfielder lives, over the weekend. Paunovic is believed to have spoken to the ex-Bayern Munich player about the possibility of moving to the Major League Soccer franchise, who finished bottom of the Eastern Conference this season, some 26 points behind winners New York Red Bulls. I still feel fit at 32 and certainly want to play more years at the top level and of course I want to win thingsThe former Germany captain is free to leave United after being frozen out of by José Mourinho, the United manager. Ed Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman, is in regular dialogue with Schweinsteiger’s agent, Robert Schneider, and is happy for…

Source: The Times November 14, 2016 17:01 UTC