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title: "Gamez lashes out at Benitez"
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author: "Rebecca Hawksworth"
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published: "2018-09-26T16:16:47Z"
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# Gamez lashes out at Benitez

Former Newcastle United player Jesus Gamez has claimed that Rafael Benitez is “selfish”, [goal](https://www.goal.com/en/news/ex-newcastle-defender-gamez-hits-out-at-selfish-benitez/227f92qkdmiz1dzxtmydo9eae) 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](https://www.malagahoy.es/malaga_cf/Caminero-dijo-persona-Tranquilo-hecho_0_1285671546.html):

> 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.