Former Newcastle United player Jesus Gamez has claimed that Rafael Benitez is “selfish”, goal reports.
Gamez signed for the Magpies from Atletico Madrid back in 2016 heavily criticised his former manager after he featured just 10 times for Newcastle in a injury-ridden couple of seasons.
Gamez left Newcastle in the summer and is yet to find a new club.
Gamez spoke to Malaga Hoy:
Yes, it got complicated at the beginning with an injury, then I broke my collarbone. I struggled to get back.
At family level, the experience was very good. At sporting level, the fans and the team-mates were sensational, but the coach did not understand the situations that happened and also the deal was not the ideal one.
He [Benitez] is a person that I do not like talking about because he didn’t contribute anything to me in these two years and I have nothing to say about him.
Despite winning a Champions League runners-up medal just weeks prior to moving to St James’ Park, Gamez endured a tough time in England and puts a lot of the blame down to Benitez’s management style.
He went on to say:
When someone is so selfish and wants to understand everything, they do not know how to read situations and understand that things are not always the same.
You cannot distrust everyone. I showed him my professionalism. Time proved me right. I had an injury, I was not fooling anyone at all. The physios and the medical staff at Newcastle knew how to understand the situation.
You cannot talk or argue with him because he always wants to be right.
