Mancunian Matters looks at the best matches between Championship sides Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic ahead of their relegation battle on Friday night.

Louis Van Gaal’s side have been linked with the Juventus and Chile playmaker for a couple of seasons now and it appeared the chase was finally over when an article appeared on United’s website two days ago.

‘You don’t become a good or bad coach overnight’, said the MCFC Supporters Club spokesman to MM as he stands up for manager Manuel Pellegrini to stay with the club.

The England midfielder made his first appearance of 2014/15 in United’s derby loss to noisy neighbours Manchester City on Sunday, having only just returned from a lengthy spell on the side-lines.

Wayne Rooney performed an impromptu tune with pop sensation Ed Sheeran in the Sir Ralph Abercrombie pub following his gig at Manchester’s Phones 4u arena last week.

Two Cameron Jerome goals put Norwich in command on Friday, and despite Lee Chung-yong’s late consolation Bolton were soundly beaten.

Goals from Jack O’Connell, Ian Henderson and Matthew Done put Rochdale into the play-off places as they ended Preston’s eight-match winning run on Saturday

The 20-times league champions head into the vital match on the back of a four-match unbeaten run, while City have lost their last two.

Rochdale sit ninth in the division after two impressive away victories against Yeovil and Swindon and Hill is pleased with the positive energy surrounding the club at this stage of the season.

Manchester United are yet to get fans purring this season and life-long fan Alwyn Payne is commemorating the team’s poor form with a series of animal-inspired images of the new boss.

Lennon stays quiet on reports surfacing in the past week of entertainment conglomerate BEC-Tero and local sports media giant Siam Sport Syndicate launching a joint £40m bid for Wanderers.