after being charged with misconduct by the FA.
The Manchester United midfielder was charged
with violent conduct for elbowing West Ham
midfielder Winston Reid in Saturday's 0-0 draw.
Referee Mark Clattenburg was only a few yards
away and warned both players, but he later told
West Ham manager Slaven Bilic he had not seen
the incident.
Clattenburg confirmed in his report to the FA that
he had not seen it, allowing the governing body
to charge the German.
The FA said in a statement: "The matter was
referred to a panel of three former elite referees
who each reviewed the video footage
independently of one another to determine
whether they considered it a sending-off offence.
"For an FA charge to follow the decision by the
panel must be unanimous. The player has until
noon on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2015, to reply to the
charge."
If Schweinsteiger is found guilty, he will miss the
Premier League games against Bournemouth,
Norwich and Stoke but would be eligible to return
against Chelsea on Dec. 28.
His possible absence comes at a times when
United are already without two midfielders, the
injured Ander Herrera and Morgan Schneiderlin.
Bilic had said in his news conference on Saturday:
"It is a moment of madness and he deserved to
be sent off. But the referee told me he didn't see
it."
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