Louis van Gaal has confidence in new Manchester United signing Bastian

Of course, you need your fitness for sure, I know that. I thought about what to do.

“It’s great he has chosen to join us and left a team like Bayern Munich to come here”, he added in an interview with MUTV. “I’m confident I can adjust to the Premier League”, said Schweinsteiger, according to The Mirror.

As Louis van Gaal has already remarked, Morgan Schneiderlin may have the advantage of being used to the Barclays Premier League after making his name with Southampton.

ESPN FC’s Raf Honigstein does not feel Robert Lewandowski will head to Manchester United following Bastian Schweinsteiger’s recent transfer.

Speaking on Manchester United’s pre-season tour, the Germany worldwide said: “It is a challenge for me. I have a lot of confidence in him”.

After achieving his minimum target of Champions League qualification in his first year in charge, the former Ajax, Barcelona and Bayern Munich manager is now expected to deliver silverware. [To do that] you have to be smart in your brain and fast. I didn’t cry but my brother was very happy.

Reputations, however, count for little in the mind of van Gaal and the Dutchman has warned that the new players would have to fight for their places at United – just as British record signing Angel di Maria was also not assured of a starting spot last season. I know the club are looking forward to winning titles again and I am the same.

The 30-year-old signed a three-year deal with the Red Devils on Monday, and has revealed his desire to add to his eight Bundesliga titles, seven German Cups and his coveted World Cup crown. Leadership is an area where Manchester United have struggled since Ferguson’s retirement, with Wayne Rooney shouldering much of that burden. There is a difference and I can see that.

“That’s why German players are particularly popular, I think, because it doesn’t take them long to get settled in England, while at the same time breathing new life into the team”.

He insisted that Beckenbauer would not be pleased that Schweinsteiger reckons United are a bigger club than Bayern, certainly in terms of their global appeal.