Manchester United could offer Bastian Schweinsteiger as much as £10m in a bid to get the German legend to move on in January. That's the latest rumour on the continuing saga despite the 32-year-old recently being invited back to first-team training after four months in exile.
According to a claim by the Sun, United are still looking to move Schweinsteiger on and would offer to pay up more than half of the £18m he is set to earn from the remainder of his contract - due to expire in June 2018 - if they can find a club that will take him off their hands.
A source told the tabloid newspaper, "Bastian is fulfilling his obligations by training each day and is in terrific shape. He's looking as good as he has since he arrived at the club.
"United are hoping a club will still come forward to take him off their hands in the upcoming window, but there are no takers as of yet."
Schweinsteiger publicly declared during the summer that he intends United to be his last club in Europe after admitting it was the only team he could leave Bayern Munich for. Realistically, that leaves only clubs in America's MLS or the Chinese Super League as possible destinations.
At the same time he insisted that he wants the chance to run out on to the pitch at Old Trafford again and has shown no sign of wanting to leave any time soon.
While hinting that Schweinsteiger could potentially start playing again in the event of an injury crisis, United boss Jose Mourinho explained earlier this week that his return to training was mainly the result of not always having enough other players to hold full sessions.
"It's a decision based on the fact that we are in a period of the season where it's really difficult to train with everyone together," the manager said.
"At the moment, the day after we've played, the players train in a separate group - they do a specific recovery session. The group, instead of being 23 or 24, becomes 13 or 14, and then, with injuries, maybe 10 or 11."
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