​Schneiderlin admits regret over leaving Man Utd for Everton | OneFootball

Former Manchester United midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin has opened up about his departure from the club.

The defensive midfielder struggled after arriving at the Old Trafford club from Southampton in 2015.

He eventually left for Everton after he was phased out of the first team by Jose Mourinho near the end of 2016.

"I learned a lot from my departure from Manchester United," the now 32-year-old old L'Equipe.

"I had played 40 matches the previous season with Manchester. When I come back from the Euros, I take ten days off and I play very little for three, four months.

"Then, I have Ronald Koeman and Everton who are pushing hard to get me, every day, from October. I will remember it all my life: I should have played against Liverpool (October 17, 2016), starter, and the coach (Mourinho) comes to see me.

"He tells me he doesn't feel me inside the group. I tell him that indeed, with what has happened in the last three months, I am not in it and I want to go to Everton.

"I regretted it very quickly. Even if it went very well at Everton (Jan. 2017-2020), when you play for Manchester United, when you're at a club like that, it's not for a moment of doubt that you have to question everything.

"Look at Ander Herrera: the first year I arrived, he was on the bench; he persevered, and today he is at PSG."