Jonas Gutierrez says Alan Pardew told him to ‘go away’ after Newcastle found out he had cancer

Sad news broke on Tuesday night out of Argentina that Newcastle favourite Jonas Gutierrez has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.

Gutierrez made his health disclosure to a number of Argentinian media outlets, and Jonas’ version of events are hugely damaging for Newcastle United.

It has now been revealed that Jonas was diagnosed in May/June last year, after the Magpie suffered ongoing pain following a clash with Bacary Sagna in a match against Arsenal. That prompted a series of tests which revealed to serious nature of Gutierrez’s health.

Jonas told local media:

I returned [to Necastle] at end of November [2013]… in mid-December, manager [Alan Pardew] told me it would be best for me to find another club.

The hardest part is over, I’ve got a couple of sessions of chemo left. The end [of treatment] is a little closer each day.

I told some people that I’d had my head shaved as a promise for something, so as not to have to tell everyone all the details.

[Gabriel] Heinze was a great help, he called me and told me to keep fighting… a guy like him, a hard guy, was good support.

I wanted to tell this story to help people, if I can. I got an email from someone in a similar situation the other day.

Rounding off the information released in the Argentinian press, Newcastle United have been named and shamed for having refused to put money towards the cost of Jonas’ operation, while the Toon midfielder also named Fabricio Coloccini as a major help during his time of need.

Further tweets on Jonas Gutierrez’s updates are below.

He told NUFC he'd prefer to come to ARG for treatment, where he'd be able to better understand what doctors were telling him, etc. — Sam Kelly (@HEGS_com) September 16, 2014

Clarín report on Jonás story says he was surprised that Pardew told him to 'go away' when he returned to Newcastle. http://t.co/LUV0ZtjhCL — Sam Kelly (@HEGS_com) September 16, 2014

Jonás says NUFC didn't put money towards operation to have tumour removed; he paid for it himself. 'Other problems become insignificant.' — Sam Kelly (@HEGS_com) September 16, 2014

Jonás says he's had sperm frozen in case his remaining testicle doesn't work, then laughs as he says, 'I'm confident it will work, though!' — Sam Kelly (@HEGS_com) September 16, 2014