Bastian Schweinsteiger is willing to sit out his contract at Manchester United.

The Daily Express says the German legend has two seasons left on an eye-watering contract worth £10m a year – or £190,000 a week – and is prepared to sit tight at Old Trafford, even though there is no prospect of playing.

World Cup winner Schweinsteiger, 32, has been frozen out and humiliated by Jose Mourinho who has banished him from his senior squad and forced him to train with the youngsters.

United were hoping the former Bayern Munich star would find another club before next week's transfer deadline but Schweinsteiger suddenly announced yesterday that he would not play for another European outfit.

The stand-off could add up to an embarrassing £36m fiasco for United – taking into account his £6m transfer fee and three-year contract worth £30m.