World Cup winner Bastian Schweinsteiger is leaving Manchester United to join the Chicago Fire.
The Major league football team is signing a midfielder in the twilight of his career who struggled to make an impact after joining United in 2015.
The 32-year-old German struggled to replicate the highs of his Bayern Munich career in England because of injuries and lack of playing opportunities. His move to Chicago is dependent on passing a medical examination and obtaining a visa. "I am sad to leave so many friends at Manchester United," Schweinsteiger said Tuesday. "But I am grateful to the club for allowing me the chance to take up the challenge at Chicago Fire."
During a 17-year career with Bayern until 2015, Schweinsteiger won the Bundesliga eight times, the German Cup seven times and the Champions league once. He scored 24 goals in 121 matches for Germany and won the 2014 World Cup before retiring from international duty last year.
Vardy got death threats
london: Jamie Vardy has gone from Premier league champion to a target of hatred. The leicester striker said he has received death threats amid the bitter fallout from manager Claudio Ranieri being fired by his club last month.
Vardy was named as one of the players who had conversations with leicester's owners before Ranieri was dismissed as a result of last season's improbable champions being plunged into a relegation scrap.
Vardy's denials about playing any role in Ranieri's departure have not stopped some fans from targeting him and his family. "The story is out there and people pick it up and jump on it and you're getting death threats about your family, kids, everything," Vardy said.