With a thrilling home win over Inter Milan and 8 into 4 draws to Schalke 04, Manchester United's reach for the Champions League semi-finals is almost certain.

In the FA Cup, United's substitutes and newcomers have been equally impressive, having already reached the last four and beating local rivals Manchester City to reach the final, which was an early final with the winner of the other semi-final between Stoke City and Bolton.

However, the original advantage of the league was chased by Chelsea to 6 points because of the away loss to Liverpool, and there are 9 rounds of games left, one of which has a strong conversation with Chelsea, which is actually not stable enough.

In the 30th round of the league and the relegation team Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United attaches great importance to it, this is not only a matter of three points, if Manchester United and Bolton both eliminate their opponents to reach the FA Cup final, they may play in the FA Cup final, so if Manchester United can beat Bolton Wanderers in this game, and then meet in the FA Cup final, there will be enough advantages in the heart.

There was good news for Manchester United before the game, among their injured players, Evans, Berbatov and Park Ji-sung have all returned from injury, although they may not be able to return to peak form, but there is one more person in the front, center and back, at least Ferguson does not need to worry about the line-up.

However, there is also bad news, "Sky Sports" broke the news that Manchester United intends to renew the contract with Gao Xiaodong, but the two parties failed to reach an agreement on the annual salary and liquidated damages, and Gao Xiaodong refused to renew the contract. Subsequently, the "Daily Mail", "The Sun" and other big media followed up and hyped the news, while small media and portals weaved all kinds of fake news that Gao Xiaodong was leaving Manchester United and that Manchester City, Real Madrid, Chelsea and Gao Xiaodong's agent were in contact with in order to attract attention.

At the beginning, when the news broke that Gao Xiaodong refused to renew his contract, Manchester United fans didn't care, Gao Xiaodong had only been here for less than a season, how could he leave, even if he wanted to leave, he would not release the news when the schedule was the most intense, but the three of them became tigers, so much media hype, Manchester United fans around the world began to get nervous.

Although Gao Xiaodong still has two years of contract, after transferring to Manchester United, Gao Xiaodong's performance is so amazing, every Manchester United fan hopes that Gao Xiaodong can stay at Manchester United for a long time, instead of playing another year or two.

In addition, Manchester United fans are so worried because Gao Xiaodong has played for three clubs before, but the longest serving Rexos has only been for two seasons, and Manchester United fans are worried that Gao Xiaodong will leave again after Manchester United won the treble.

Ferguson had to hold a press conference to explain Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal, Ferguson said: "Gao is still very happy to live at Manchester United, he can feel the fun of playing football here, and he has won the respect of fans and teammates, I believe he will stay at Manchester United for a long, long time......

But the fans were not satisfied with Ferguson's explanation, because what Ferguson said was empty words, Gao Xiaodong was also very happy in Inter, and he could win the championship if he could win, but Gao Xiaodong still transferred, and the fans hoped that the club could come up with some dry goods to reassure them, such as the progress of negotiating the contract renewal, or Gao Xiaodong's commitment.

However, Gao Xiaodong has not accepted interviews with reporters recently, and his social software has not been updated, which makes fans even more uncertain.

On the day of the game, many fans pulled up banners hoping that Gao Xiaodong would renew his contract, as if Gao Xiaodong had been about to leave.

Although Manchester United's players feel that Gao Xiaodong has just been here for less than a season and it is impossible to leave, after all, Gao Xiaodong has a history of leaving Inter Milan in one season, and his teammates are also worried.

Teammates like Rooney and Nani, who have a good relationship with Gao Xiaodong, have asked Gao Xiaodong what is going on.

In fact, Gao Xiaodong knew very well what was going on, but he was also helpless.

He is indeed talking about the renewal of his contract with Manchester United, and it will start after playing Inter, but this is the initiative of the Manchester United club, Mendes hopes that the annual salary will rise to 15 million, and set a liquidated damages, so that Gao Xiaodong can take the initiative to stay in his own hands.

Mendes also did this because Gao Xiaodong's performance at Manchester United was too eye-catching, and he won the Ballon d'Or again, and he has enough confidence.

However, Manchester United feels that the annual salary of 15 million euros is a bit high, and only wants Gao Xiaodong to renew his long-term contract, and does not want to set liquidated damages.

It is normal for players and clubs to have disputes over contract renewals, even if Gao Xiaodong is important to Manchester United, even if the requirements are reasonable, the club will not be able to agree to it, in this case, future negotiations will not be possible.

It's just that people are popular, Gao Xiaodong has been on the cusp since the Golden Globe Awards, if it weren't for Gao Xiaodong's continuous highlight performance, he might have been unable to take care of himself by the media wheel. Now that I have an opportunity, how can the media let it go.

Gao Xiaodong could only tell his teammates that it was all media hype, that he had no idea of leaving, and that he still wanted to play at Manchester United for a few more seasons.

But saying it is equivalent to saying in vain, even if Gao Xiaodong himself said that he would not leave, his teammates are also skeptical, unless Gao Xiaodong's contract renewal negotiations with Manchester United have a result, otherwise the news about Gao Xiaodong's transfer or not is indispensable.

Ferguson has a lot of experience, he has experienced this kind of thing a lot, the players want to make more money, the club doesn't want to spend more money, and he doesn't want to get involved unless it affects the team's record.

Manchester United have just eliminated the defending champions in the Champions League, morale is high, confidence is high, and fans believe that the game against Bolton Wanderers is a great opportunity to open up the points gap with Chelsea because of this round of Chelsea and Manchester City.

But once the game began, United fans found Bolton Wanderers not easy to play.

Bolton are on the brink of a relegation zone and the situation is dangerous, and they are not prepared to surrender even against a strong Manchester United, playing very tenacious and aggressive at Old Trafford in the hope of picking up a valuable point.

Ferguson sent in a centre-back combination of Chris Smalling and Evans, with Hernandez partnering Wayne Rooney and Valencia in the attack, and Gao Xiaodong partnering Scholes and Carrick in the middle to launch a strong attack on Bolton.

But in this game, the striker Hernandez was in poor condition, and the backcourt Evans and Smarin were not very reliable, and the midfielder led by Gao Xiaodong had to help his teammates attack forward, and he had to wipe the ass of the central defender backwards, which was simply a father and a mother, and it was very uncomfortable to play.

However, the most uncomfortable thing for United was the decision of the referee on duty, Marriner, who missed Cahill's handball in the 32nd minute of the game, and five minutes later, Cahill tackled Evans with both feet, and Marriner did not punish Cahill in any way.

In the second half, Bolton, who was connived at by the referee, played more brutally, and Ferguson and the players protested frequently.

In the 64th minute of the game, Evans tackled Davies in front of the penalty area, Davies's leg was cut by Evans's spikes, and referee Marriner sent Evans off with a red card, and sent Ferguson, who applauded him, to the stands.

With nearly 30 minutes left, Manchester United wanted ten men to fight, and fans thought that Manchester United was probably going to be cold, and Bolton also tried to fight back, turning the plan of taking one point into three points, but Manchester United, who played one less, was demonic and pressed Bolton to continue to attack.

In the 86th minute of the game, Berbatov's left-footed long-range shot from outside the penalty area, who had just come on as a substitute, was saved by Bolton goalkeeper Jaskelainen, the ball fell to Berbatov's feet, and he shot again outside the penalty area.

Bolton then fought back, but United used their experience to delay the time and eventually won Bolton Wanderers at home.

In the other big game, Chelsea continued to chase Manchester United by six points as Chelsea beat Manchester City 2-0, while Arsenal were held to a draw by West Brom, extending the gap to Manchester United to 10 points and essentially missing out on the title.

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