Former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger received a very warm welcome following his arrival in Chicago.
Schweinsteiger ended his frustrating stay at United recently by making a move to Major League Soccer side Chicago Fire on a free transfer and the former German international was welcomed by fans upon his arrival at O'Hare Internatinoal Airport.
Schweinsteiger has signed a lucrative one-year deal with Fire which is believed to be worth £3.5million-per-year but his current wages is a significant reduction to his £130,000-per-week contract at United.
Prior to the flight, the Bayern Munich and Germany legend posted a picture on Twitter of he and wife Ana Ivanovic getting ready to make the lunge across the Atlantic.
On my way to Chicago with @anaivanovic! pic.twitter.com/H84Ma2XVkq
— Basti Schweinsteiger (@BSchweinsteiger) March 28, 2017
More chaos outside for Chicago Fire soccer Bastian Schweinsteiger#cf97pic.twitter.com/mt1ERJsyam
— Andrew Oleksiuk (@Andrew_Oleksiuk) March 29, 2017
The crowd had swollen to 250. drums, Fire, Germany, Chicago, Bayern, Schweinsteiger lots of red red red, TV cameras, all mixed up #cf97pic.twitter.com/Pvy28TCl11
— Andrew Oleksiuk (@Andrew_Oleksiuk) March 28, 2017
The scene at O'Hare as Bastian Schweinsteiger arrives to #Chicago#CF97@CameramanCappopic.twitter.com/IRD0hSCtwd
— Slavko Bekovic (@SBekovic) March 29, 2017
