Manchester United flop Bastian Schweinsteiger swaps shirts with Chicago Bulls stars Paul Zipser and Nikola Mirotic on night at NBA game

  • Bastian Schweinsteiger completed his switch to MLS side Chicago Fire last week
  • The Manchester United flop is already making big friends in his new city
  • Schweinsteiger and wife Ana Ivanovic watched Chicago Bulls 99-93 win over Cleveland Cavaliers and afterwards met stars Paul Zipser and Nikola Mirotic

Bastian Schweinsteiger is already making friends after moving to Chicago. The Manchester United flop took in a Chicago Bulls game last week and afterwards swapped shirts with stars Paul Zipser and Nikola Mirotic.

Schweinsteiger, and wife Ana Ivanovic, sat courtside as the Bulls knocked off Eastern Conference big guns Cleveland Cavaliers. Afterwards they met Mirotic, who top-scored with 28 points in the 99-93 win, and German rookie Zipser.

Like Schweinsteiger, Zipser is a former Bayern Munich star. The small forward was drafted by the Bulls after rising to prominence at the Bavarian giants' basketball outfit.

After Chicago Bulls beat Cleveland Cavaliers Bastian Schweinsteiger got his own jersey

After Chicago Bulls beat Cleveland Cavaliers Bastian Schweinsteiger got his own jersey

Schweinsteiger and tennis ace wife Ana Ivanovic took in the NBA action on Thursday

Schweinsteiger and tennis ace wife Ana Ivanovic took in the NBA action on Thursday

The former Bayern Munich star captioned this snap: 'Had a great time watching the Bulls win'

The former Bayern Munich star captioned this snap: 'Had a great time watching the Bulls win'

Schweinsteiger presented the Chicago giants with their own Fire shirts baring his name and in return he got a personalised Bulls' jersey.


Alongside the picture posted on Twitter, Schweinsteiger wrote: 'Good to see Paul Zipser and Nikola Mirotic at the Bulls game a few days ago. Thanks for the jersey'.

To cap a whirlwind week since joining the Fire, Schweinsteiger scored on his MLS debut in the 2-2 draw against Montreal Impact on Saturday night.

The ex-Manchester United midfielder took just 17 minutes to find the net before celebrating

The ex-Manchester United midfielder took just 17 minutes to find the net before celebrating

Schweinsteiger rises highest at the back post to head in a cross from inside the six-yard box

Schweinsteiger rises highest at the back post to head in a cross from inside the six-yard box

Not being able to earn a win left Schweinsteiger feeling unfulfilled despite his immediate impact for Chicago.

'It was a good feeling but I'm a little bit sad and not so happy that we couldn't win the game,' Schweinsteiger told reporters post-match.

'We can improve. We had good chances actually. We have to finish a little bit better.'