Norwich City signing Jonas Gutierrez says he was pushed out of Newcastle United by manager Alan Pardew.
Argentina international Gutierrez has joined Norwich on loan until the end of the season, with a view to a permanent £3million move.
The former Toon captain said: "The manager told me in December I was not going to play any more and told me to find myself another club.
"I don't know why it happened and I still don't understand what I did wrong.
"There were no rows with Alan Pardew or anything like that. He just said I needed to leave and that was that.
"I honestly don't know why I wasn't playing, you will have to ask the manager that. He just made his decision and that was it. Something must have happened - but I don't know what."
He added: "For five years before that I had always been in the starting XI. Then suddenly I wasn't even in the squad.
"I still don't know why and I don't think I will ever understand it. It's how football is and you just have to get on with it."
