Alan Pardew says the decision to tell Jonas Gutierrez to find a new club following his recovery from testicular cancer last year was made on a ‘pure football’ basis. The Newcastle winger returned to Tyneside last December having had a testicle removed, but was loaned out to Norwich in January after being told he did not feature in the manager’s first-team plans. Gutierrez has now successfully fought the illness for a second time and will be back in training with United next month. Jonas Gutierrez is was told that he did not feature in Newcastle's plans after recovering from cancer
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Jonas Gutierrez has successfully fought testicular cancer twice
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Newcastle winger was loaned out to Norwich and told he did not feature in the club's plans after returning last December
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Alan Pardew insists the decision was made on a 'pure football' basis but is looking forward to the Argentine's return next month
Gutierrez ran a marathon for charity after being given the all clear and will return to @placeholder next month