10 Reasons Newcastle Must Give Jonas Gutierrez A New Contract

6. He's Experienced & Knows The Premier League

Jonas has racked up 154 Premier League appearances during his spells at Newcastle and Norwich after arriving in England from Real Mallorca in 2008. He is one of the few experienced heads left in a very inexperienced dressing room. And as they say, you can't buy experience. (Well you can, but it wouldn't be a wise 'investment'.) Losing Jonas would be devastating for the United dressing room. He is one of the few men in there that the plethora of youngsters could legitimately go to with one of their undoubted problems. Even when he was battling his illness he was still in and around the club, completing much of his rehabilitation work at the training ground. Newcastle were going great guns just before Christmas, beating the likes of Chelsea and Liverpool during an impressive winning streak, there's little doubting that The Argentine will be been helping spirits along and offering advice where possible to the team. His presence will be missed should be be moved on as expected in a couple of short weeks.