5 players who have famously fallen out with Jose Mourinho

Tottenham Hotspur v Manchester United - Premier League
Mourinho has a frosty relationship with Paul Pogba

#4 Bastian Schweinsteiger

Manchester United v Wigan Athletic - The Emirates FA Cup Fourth Round
Schweinsteiger didn't make a single Premier League appearance under Mourinho

This was another strange one, as Mourinho has always liked to build his teams around senior players, and there were none more senior at United than the German World Cup winner when he took over at Old Trafford.

However, Schweinsteiger was forced out of the club just six months into Mourinho’s reign, having failed to make a single Premier League appearance during that period.

There was never really any reason given for Mourinho’s treatment of Schweinsteiger, it just looked like he never really fancied him.

The German was demoted to the side’s under-23 team on the arrival of the Portuguese manager, and although he returned to training with the first team, and played a few times in cup competitions, it was obvious his time in England was over. He moved over to America to play for Chicago Fire in January 2017, where he remains now.

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