Rafael Benitez is adamant his relationship with Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley 'isn't as bad as people think'.
The Spanish manager is thought to be on the verge of exiting the club for his disagreements with Ashley. But Benitez says he's simply fighting to improve the club.
"My relationship with the owners normally isn't as bad as people maybe think it is, because I am fighting for the best for my club. I'm not fighting for what's best for Rafa Benitez," the Spaniard told talkSPORT.
"Normally I never have a problem with my contract because it's more or less; it's just I want to improve the facilities, I want to improve the academy, I want to bring [in] better players and be more competitive like that.
"The fans appreciate that; it's been the same in Napoli, Liverpool, here, Valencia - they appreciate that.
"Then for professionals if they have this vision, they can go one step back and say: 'It's improving my team; it's improving my club; it's improving my business.'"
Benitez is distancing himself from the modern time and quick opinions on football that appear in social media.
He added: "I think people professionally realise, and then perceptively it depends now the social network changed everything in one minute.
"Some people can criticise you today and in two days' time they're praising you.
"If you realise now that it's like this, then you stay calm and you make decisions in a better way.
"So if you are too hurried to do something you will make more mistakes, so you have to stay calm."