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Winger Jonas Gutierrez has accused Newcastle manager Alan Pardew of callously kicking him out of Toon.

Argentina international Gutierrez has joined Norwich on loan until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent £3million move.

But he insisted Pardew FORCED him out after five years, telling him he had no future with the Geordies and needed to find another club to take him on.

The 30-year-old midfielder, who still has 18 months to run on his Newcastle contract, said: “The manager told me in December I was not going to play any more and told me to find myself another club.

“I don’t know why it happened and I still don’t understand what I did wrong.

“There were no rows with Alan Pardew or anything like that. He just said I needed to leave and that was that.

“I honestly don’t know why I wasn’t playing, you will have to ask the manager that. He just made his decision and that was it. Something must have happened – but I don’t know what.”

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Gutierrez knew the writing was on the wall when he was left out of the FA Cup third round tie against Cardiff.

He admitted: “I was hoping I would get an opportunity in the cup. But instead I was left sitting in the stand. I was not even named in the squad for the game. So after that I knew it was all over for me. For five years before that I had always been in the starting XI. Then suddenly I wasn’t even in the squad.

“I still don’t know why and I don’t think I will ever understand it. It’s how football is and you just have to get on with it.”

But Gutierrez, who needs first-team ­football to give himself a chance of making Argentina’s World Cup squad, said he would always remember the ­reaction of the Newcastle supporters and his fellow players when he left the club.

“The fans were really good to me,” said the player, who has 22 ­caps. “They showed me so much love and affection when I said I was leaving. All my team-mates were the same as well. They all wished me all the best for the future and hoped I would do well at Norwich.”