In preparation for the Champions League quarter-final against Inter Milan in midweek, Ferguson did not give his players the usual holiday after Saturday's FA Cup tie against Arsenal, and the team continued to train.

There are no complaints about this, the game against Inter is very important, and it can even be said that one game can make or break a season.

Previously, Manchester United defeated Inter Milan 2:1 away and occupied the lead in promotion, but Inter Milan was the treble winner last season after all, even if Gao Xiaodong and Mourinho were gone, the strength should not be underestimated, once Eto'o, Milito, Sneijder and other superstars broke out, the 2:1 score is not safe.

Manchester United have taken a big advantage away from home, even if there are not so many injured players, they will not continue to attack when they return to home, and the defensive counter-attack can do their best to reduce the occurrence of accidents.

In the last game, Ferguson discharged a strange formation of 6 defenders, in addition to Arsenal's attacking power is very good, there is also an experiment for the Champions League game against Inter Milan, after all, Manchester United completely pressed Inter Milan in the first game, and almost did not give Inter Milan a chance to attack.

Inter Milan's success last season mainly relied on defensive counterattacks, after Mourinho left, whether it was Benitez or Leonardo who took office, they also played defensive counterattacks, allowing Inter Milan to play positional battles, except for the breakthrough on the side, Inter Milan did not have any killer moves, which is why Ferguson is ready to use defensive counterattacks against Inter Milan.

Manchester United's main practice in training was the marking of Sneijder, the core of Inter's midfield, and full-back McConn.

Although Eto'o is strong and famous, in the transition between attack and defence, Eto'o is the arrow, while Sneijder and McCone are the ones who draw the bow.

Samuel Eto'o was difficult to defend, but without Sneijder's pass, Eto'o's pace could not be fully realized.

Ferguson handed over the task of defending Sneijder to Gao Xiaodong, and the task of defending McCone to left-back Patrice Evra and Valencia, who had returned from injury.

Gao Xiaodong is happy to play against his former teammate Sneijder in the game.

It turned out that Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder at Inter Milan were rivals, Sneijder only transferred due to the winter break, and was forced by Gao Xiaodong to play as a substitute and on the wing, but in the Italian Cup and the World Cup, Sneijder had a wonderful performance, which was one of the reasons why Inter Milan let Gao Xiaodong go.

Now that Gao Xiaodong and Sneijder are their own masters, Gao Xiaodong naturally wants to prove that he can press Sneijder on the bench because of his strength, not because of his relationship with Mourinho.

After training, Gao Xiaodong returned home and found that his agent Mendes had arrived.

Since sending the monkey to Gao Xiaodong's side, there is nothing important, Mendes rarely comes to Gao Xiaodong's house, which is completely different from the original Gao Xiaodong when he was at Inter Milan.

In this regard, Gao Xiaodong and Monkey also discussed, Gao Xiaodong suspected that it was because he did not follow Mendes' arrangement to transfer to Real Madrid, Mendes was unhappy, and Monkey thought that this was not the case, because Gao Xiaodong is now a top five superstar and Mendes's cash cow, even if Mendes is unhappy, he will never show it.

On the contrary, the monkey thinks that Mendes may be because Mourinho and Gao Xiaodong have an awkward relationship, and he is not good at being a person in it, so he sent himself to serve Gao Xiaodong.

This can be regarded as a good sale for Gao Xiaodong, after all, Gao Xiaodong is alone, and it will be much more comfortable to have a compatriot to be his companion.

No matter what he thought of Mendes, Gao Xiaodong was still very affectionate on the surface, and said, "Mr. Mendes, why are you here?"

Mendes smiled slightly and said, "I haven't been here for a long time, just in time for the Champions League match, so I'll come and see you by the way." ”

Gao Xiaodong said: "Great, I miss you too." ”

Mendes laughed, "I usually don't dare to come over for fear of disturbing you." ”

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said, "How can it be, you will only give me motivation when you come." As he spoke, he turned to the monkey and said, "Monkey, let Sister Xiaole make a few dishes, and Mr. Mendes and I will have a drink." ”

The monkey smiled: "Sister Xiaole has already done it." ”

Mendes said: "Xiaodong, you have been doing very well recently, Messi and Ronaldo have been pressed under you. ”

Gao Xiaodong smiled and said: "I don't have the face to accept your compliment, I just got a red card at the Double Red Club and will be banned for three games." ”

Mendes smiled: "I know, I watched the game, it was a little impulsive, but it doesn't affect the overall situation, your league advantage is not small, the three games of the ban are against the weak team, the FA Cup against Manchester City, you just came back, but you can't do such a thing in the future, in case you lose the championship because of your impulsiveness, the impact will be great." ”

Gao Xiaodong humbly said: "I won't be in the future, I promise not to fight back, and I won't fight back." ”

Mendes laughed and said, "You kid is such an honest man?" ”

"I think you must have misunderstood me. ”

Gao Xiaodong laughed, and the monkey also laughed, and the atmosphere in the living room was immediately much more relaxed.

After chatting a few words, Mendez suddenly said, "Xiaodong, are you still satisfied with your current salary?"

Gao Xiaodong was stunned for a moment, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes, but immediately said hypocritically: "The annual salary of 12 million euros is okay, but it has only been less than a season and asked for a salary increase, isn't it a bit too greedy for money?"

What do you mean, you are greedy for money, but of course Mendes will not say it, he smiled and said: "Xiaodong, it's not that we want to raise our salary, it's that Manchester United wants to renew your contract with you this season?"

Gao Xiaodong was stunned for a moment and said, "Renew the contract now, I signed it for less than a season?"

Mendes said: "At that time, we signed for 3 years, and now a year is almost over, according to UEFA regulations, in another year, you can buy out your contract, your contract is so short, Manchester United has very little binding force on you, they are very worried, I hope to renew your contract for another two years, if you agree to renew the contract, they will definitely not let you renew the contract in vain, should offer to give you a raise, after all, you have won the Golden Ball, is the first person in the world, of course, to get the highest salary in the world." ”

This was a bit too sudden, Gao Xiaodong knew that Mendes must have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, but he still didn't expect it to be a contract renewal.

Gao Xiaodong really hadn't thought about this matter, so he wasn't mentally prepared, and he didn't know whether to renew the contract, so he pondered for a while and said, "Mr. Mendez, can you let me think about it and give you an answer when I get back." ”

"Okay, there's no rush. ”

Mendes saw that Gao Xiaodong had to think about it, he sighed secretly, and said in his heart, Mourinho, it's not that I don't do my best, Gao Xiaodong probably has the idea of staying at Manchester United for a long time, and it may be too difficult for him to go to Real Madrid at this time.

While talking, Xiao Le finished the meal, and the four of them dined together, the monkey accompanied Mendes and Baijiu, and Gao Xiaodong drank beer, chatting while drinking.

During the meal, Mendes said the purpose of his visit, it turned out that recently, because Gao Xiaodong won the Golden Globe Award and became famous, there were many businesses who wanted to find Gao Xiaodong to endorse, and now taking advantage of Gao Xiaodong's ban, Mendes hopes that Gao Xiaodong can sign these contracts and shoot a few advertisements.

This is a matter of sending money, and it can't delay too much energy, so of course Gao Xiaodong agreed.

After dinner, Mendes chatted with Gao Xiaodong for a while about the Champions League with Inter the day after tomorrow before leaving the hotel to rest.