New signings settled quickly, United eyeing trophies – Carrick

Schweinsteiger, the first German in the history of the club (he made a amusing joke about that by the way) wants to help his teammates experience the zeitgeist of his native land by taking them to Oktoberfest in Munich.

“I certainly don’t think Schweinsteiger would have been suited to being a back-up player“, Kahn added.

If Louis van Gaal, who knows all about Oktoberfest from his time with Bayern, allows it, United could use the eight-day gap between facing Sunderland on 26 September and Arsenal on 4 October to visit the German beerfest.

Schweinsteiger, who joined the Red Devils in a £14.4million deal last month, became the first German to appear for United by making his debut in yesterday’s 1-0 win against Tottenham Hotspur.

“It’s a good move”.

With Thiago Alcantara fit again, Xabi Alonso a regular, Philipp Lahm and David Alaba impressing in the same position, Joshua Kimmich signed from Stuttgart and Javi Martinez on the road to recovery, Schweinsteiger’s opportunities might have been limited at Bayern this season, even more so now that Arturo Vidal has arrived.

“He is aware of that lots is predicted of him as a world cup victor”. It’s incredibly important for him that he stays healthy.

But it would seem that Louis van Gaal does not have the same level of faith in him, and has several big name options in the middle of the park now. He can maintain the ball, he is obtained a fantastic management of the ball, that is what distinguishes him.

In an interview with Kicker, legendary German goal keeper Oliver Kahn issued a fitness warning to the veteran midfielder saying, “His style of play benefited from the system Bayern Munich”.

“He will have to go an extremely high pace, and thus could relatively soon run into problems, should he not return to being in the best physical shape”.