Newcastle United midfielder Gutierrez thanks fans after flying home for cancer treatment

Newcastle United midfielder Jonas Gutierrez on Wednesday thanked fans for their support after flying home to Argentina for testicular cancer treatment.

"Thanks for all the messages. Always looking forward," the 31-year-old said on Twitter after revealing his illness in a television interview in Argentina on Tuesday.

"I detected a tumour in a testicle. When I confirmed the cancer, I went home crying," he told TyC Sports.

"I came here and I assumed the costs, despite having a contract with Newcastle.

"Money is not important. What is important is health. I had to start chemotherapy."

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