Bastian Schweinsteiger has suffered a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his right knee that could rule the Manchester United midfielder out for the rest of the season and Euro 2016.

The DFB, German football’s governing body, confirmed he had torn the ligament in a statement after Schweinsteiger flew from Berlin to Munich to undergo an MRI scan.

The Germany captain suffered the problem during training with the national team on Tuesday and is the latest blow to the 31-year-old as he has struggled with fitness this season.

The statement said: “World Cup winner Schweinsteiger sustained the injury to his right knee on Tuesday afternoon toward the end of the training session.”

Schweinsteiger had only just returned from a knee injury that ruled him from 9 January. He previously suffered a groin problem in October and was unable to start United’s opening three games of the campaign because of a lack of match fitness, having also taken a knock during the club’s pre-season tour.

Arsenal’s Mesut Özil also missed training with an ankle problem as Germany continued to prepare for Saturday’s friendly against England in Berlin. Özil sustained a knock in the Gunners’ 2-0 victory at Everton on Saturday.