Newcastle United's 1-0 loss at home to Manchester United may have frustrated Magpies fans - but the result had been of far less importance at St James' Park that night then the return of one of their own. Jonas Gutierrez took to the field in in 65th minute, replacing Ryan Taylor, to complete a remarkable comeback having twice been diagnosed with testicular cancer. The spine-tingling ovation and applause he was greeted to from a 50,000-strong crowd showed the extent to which the Argentine's battle with the disease had captured the hearts of the Geordie faithful. Yet his post-match comments confirmed something to which he had already alluded months earlier - that former Magpies boss Alan Pardew had told him to find another club during the height of his illness. Speaking to Spanish paper Marca, Gutierrez revealed: "He (Pardew) told me to look for a team a moment after the second operation at the end of 2013. This hurt me a lot. You have to be more human and not only look at the football side and business." Pardew has not given his side of events so no-one can be sure exactly what occurred, but it appears midfielder and manager fell out during the now Crystal Palace boss' time on Tyneside. And this is nothing new in the history of Newcastle - from Sir Bobby Robson and Kieron Dyer to Ruud Gullit and Alan Shearer, the Magpies have been all-too-familiar with fallings-out between managers and players. So, here are the 10 biggest fall-outs between players and managers in Newcastle United's Premier League history.
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