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Everton midfielder Schneiderlin: I left Man Utd too soon

Everton midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin says he quit Manchester United too soon.

Schneiderlin played 47 times for United after joining from Southampton for £25m in 2015.

He left Old Trafford 18 months later after failing to impress new manager Jose Mourinho, who replaced Louis van Gaal in the summer of 2016.

Schneiderlin says he does not regret joining Everton but on reflection feels he was too hasty in quitting United.

"I wanted to do more and I had the capacity to do more," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Maybe I jumped out of the boat too quickly when I didn't play for three months. When I look at other players having a great career at Manchester United, they all had a spell of four or five months when they didn't play."

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