Manchester United have
completed the double signing of France international Morgan Schneiderlin and Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger
Schweinsteiger,
30, has signed a three-year contract from Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich
for a reported £14.4m.
Schneiderlin
has moved from fellow Premier League club Southampton for a fee in the region
of £25m.
The
25-year-old midfielder has signed a four-year contract with the option to
extend it by a further year.
United
have already signed forward Memphis
Depay and defender Matteo
Darmian this
summer and the two new arrivals take their spending to more than £80m.
Schweinsteiger
played under United boss Louis van Gaal when the Dutchman managed Bayern
between 2009 and 2011.
"I
have thoroughly enjoyed my time at Bayern Munich. It has been an incredible
journey and I didn't take the decision to leave lightly," said the German.
"Manchester United is the only club that I would have left Munich for.
"I
feel ready for this new and exciting challenge in what I regard as the most
competitive league in the world and I am looking forward to working with Louis
van Gaal again."
Schweinsteiger
made his Bayern debut in 2002 and appeared 536 times for the club.
He
helped his country win the 2014 World Cup and has one Champions League medal,
eight Bundesliga titles and seven domestic cups to his name from his time at
the German club.
Schneiderlin
joined Saints from Strasbourg in 2008 for £1.2m and has played for them in
League One, the Championship and the Premier League.
"Once
I learned that United were interested in signing me, it was a very easy
decision to make," said the Frenchman.
"I
have enjoyed seven very happy years with Southampton and it's a club that will
always be in my heart. But the chance to be part of this squad to help this
great club be successful was too good to miss."
The two
will now join their United team-mates when they fly out to the USA on Monday.
The Old
Trafford club, who will be based in Seattle for their first game against
Mexican team Club America on Friday, have included David De Gea, 24, in the squad, despite the
keeper being heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.
However,
his understudy, former Barcelona number one Victor
Valdes,33 is not included.
Argentina
internationals Angel
Di Maria, 27,
and Marcos Rojo, 25 were not selected after
playing in the Copa America
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