Bastian Schweinsteiger added to Manchester United's Europa League squad
Friday 3 February 2017 17:53, UK
Bastian Schweinsteiger has been added to Manchester United's Europa League squad after fighting his way back into Jose Mourinho’s plans.
The former Germany captain looked set to leave Old Trafford after being frozen out by Mourinho following his arrival in the summer.
However, he had already made two substitute appearances before marking his first United start in more than a year by scoring in the 4-0 FA Cup fourth-round win over Wigan last weekend.
Mourinho has seemingly been impressed by the 32-year-old, saying Schweinsteiger "was a good professional when he was not playing" after the win over Wigan and revealed he would be another option for his side for the rest of the season.
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Now the midfielder has been rewarded with a place in the updated squad list sent to UEFA ahead of the resumption of the Europa League against St Etienne this month.
Recent debutant Joel Pereira is also brought in despite reports of a serious knee injury that led to Dean Henderson's loan at Grimsby being brought to a premature end.
They take the places of Morgan Schneiderlin and Memphis Depay who left the club in January.
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