Jose Mourinho 'should be jailed' for bullying Bastian Schweinsteiger

New Manchester United manager comes under fire from players' union for giving German international the cold shoulder

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Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger
(Image credit: Stuart Franklin/Bongarts/Getty)

United boss Jose Mourinho should be banged up. That's the extraordinary demand from Dejan Stefanovic, a leading member of the worldwide players’ union Fifpro.

In an interview with BBC World Service Sport, Stefanovic said that Mourinho's treatment of Manchester United outcast Bastian Schweinsteiger was tyrannical and warranted jail time. "It's clear bullying," stormed the Slovenian lawyer. "In Slovenia, we would have indicted Mourinho and asked for the highest penalty - three years in prison."

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