SCHWEINY SET FOR FIRST START

Schweinsteiger: 'I'll be fit next week'

 Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger says "I hope I will be 100 per cent fit in the next week" after making his debut against Tottenham.

                                                              

The German international played half an hour of United's 1-0 win at Old Trafford on Saturday after picking up a calf injury during the club's pre-season tour of the Unites States.





Pep Guardiola, who managed Schweinsteiger at Bayern Munich before his transfer, raised doubts over the 31-year-old's fitness by claiming that the midfielder was never fully fit during the last three seasons.

"It's fine. I had three or four days in America where I had this injury and it was not so good for my rhythm," Schweinsteiger told the club's official website.
"Now I feel much better and also the game was very important to play 30 minutes.
"The training sessions are very important for me, too. I'm getting better and I hope I will be 100 per cent fit in the next week."
Schweinsteiger also thanked his team-mates for helping him settle quickly at Carrington.
"It's getting better and better. Everything is something new for me - a new step in my life - and I'm really looking forward to settling in more and more with my team-mates," added Schweinsteiger.
"They are helping me a lot and we do a lot of things together in our free time. My team-mates help me to choose restaurants, for example, and golf courses, something like this.
"But the most important thing is to be successful this season and to win the matches."