In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

[EX Q]: (CNN) -- Slumping World No.2 Rory McIlroy and defending champion Luke Donald will not be contesting the weekend action at the European Tour's flagship event at Wentworth. With organizers still reeling from the controversy surrounding Sergio Garcia's "fried chicken" jibe, the star attractions comfortably failed to make the halfway cut Friday at the PGA Championship. McIlroy 2013 travails continued as he followed a first round 74 with a 75 to finish on five-over 149 -- three outside the qualification mark. McIlroy's Northern Ireland colleague Graeme McDowell, who is leading the European Tour's Race to Dubai, finished on the same mark, while Donald, who went to No.1 in the rankings last season with his second straight title at the tournament, was a further shot adrift.Rory McIlroy misses cut at PGA Championship at WentworthWorld No.2 three shots outside the mark on the West CourseHolder Luke Donald and Race to Dubai leader Graeme McDowell also exitItaly's Francesco Molinari leads the way at flagship event 
 Question:But _, who came into the $6 million event saying he was pleased with his game, could offer little in the way of explanation for his poor showing.
[EX A]: Rory McIlroy

[EX Q]: Manchester United have confirmed the signing of Morgan Schneiderlin from Southampton taking the club's summer spending towards £80million. The France midfielder, who wanted to leave St Mary's last summer, joins Old Trafford in a deal worth £25m to end one of the summer's longest running transfer sagas. The 25-year-old has signed a four-year deal with an option for a fifth and joins Bastian Schweinsteiger, who was also announced on Monday, Matteo Darmian and Memphis Depay as the club's other big-money arrivals ahead of the new season. 'I am delighted to be a Manchester United player,' Schneiderlin told manutd.com. 'Once I learned that United were interested in signing me, it was a very easy decision to make.Morgan Schneiderlin has joined Manchester United from SouthamptonThe midfielder completed his £25million move to Old Trafford on MondayHe joins Bastian Schweinsteiger in signing for Louis van Gaal's sideCLICK HERE to see how Manchester United could line up next season 
 Question:United had been in discussions with Southampton for several weeks about _ as the south coast club held out for as much money as possible.
[EX A]: Morgan Schneiderlin

[EX Q]: (CNN) The former leader of Catalonia urged Madrid to enter political negotiations following a regional election that gave pro-independence parties a majority in the Catalan parliament. "We are a democratically mature country that has earned the right to become a republic of free men and women," said former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont. In a recorded address made from self-imposed exile in Brussels, Belgium, Puigdemont appealed to Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy to accept the election results. "The ballot boxes have spoken, democracy has spoken, everyone has been able to express themselves. What is Rajoy waiting for in order to accept the results?" Puigdemont said in a speech posted Saturday on social media.The former Catalan leader says Spain's PM should accept regional election resultsMariano Rajoy says he will call on Catalonia's Parliament to meet January 17 
 Question:Following _ lawmakers' declaration of independence, Madrid dismissed the entire Catalan government and Parliament and seized control of the region.
[EX A]:
Catalonia