Premier League outfit Manchester United have reached an agreement with Bundesliga side Bayern Munich for their star midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger, according to SkySports.
The reports further revealed that the World Cup winner will be moving to England in the coming days to discuss personal terms.
Manchester Untied have been in link with Schweinsteiger for the past few months, the reports from last month believed that the deal is likely to happen this summer. The German is now set to complete his move once he passes medical and agrees to personal term.
Schweinsteiger will become first German player ever to play for Man Untied.
Schweinsteiger returned to Munich few days ago after watching his girlfriend Ana Ivanovic playing at Wimbledon in England.
The 30-year-old who had a year left on his Bayern’s contract played more than 500 games for the German side. He won several Bundesliga titles and a Champions League title.
Germany coach Joachim Low believes that despite of reaching the age of 30 Schweinsteiger has still enough to shine at Old Trafford.
Meanwhile, Red Devils veteran midfielder Michael Carrick is now expected to leave the Red Devils as the club is still eyeing Southampton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin.
Columnist: Stevan Jones
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