Jose Mourinho reveals his heartwarming final words to Bastian Schweinsteiger

Jose Mourinho and Bastian Schweinsteiger probably don't appear on each other's Christmas card lists.

The Manchester United manager shunned the German midfielder for months after taking charge at Old Trafford last summer, even making him train with the Under-21s for a while.

Schweinsteiger's powers have waned drastically since his virtuoso display in the World Cup final in 2014, but he remained a popular figure among the Red Devils' fanbase.

But the 32-year-old completed an overdue move to the MLS this week when he joined Chicago Fire.

And Mourinho has revealed he regrets his actions and offered Schweinsteiger an apology about the way he was treated when the move was finalised.

"I do regret it, yeah. What would I do different? I would let him be in the squad," Mourinho confessed.

"He is in the category of players I feel sorry for something I did to him.

"I don't want to speak about him as a player, I don't want to speak about him as a player I would or would not buy."

He added: "I want to speak about him as a professional, as a human being.

"It was the last thing I told him before he left - I was not right with you once, I have to be right to you now.

"I will miss a good guy, a good pro, a very good influence in training. But I had to let him go and now publicly wish him and his wife a very happy life in Chicago."

Is somebody chopping onions?