Newcastle United boss Rafa Benitez says he has no regrets over his time with Chelsea.
Benitez guided them to a third place finish in the Premier League, while also picking up the Europa League the 2012/13 campaign.
“Some fans or maybe some players were not happy but the majority of them were fine so my memories of Chelsea are quite positive," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
“There's a lot of fans but I always say the same. At the beginning there were not too many [negative comments], then there were more of them but the majority of them were fine.
“The crucial game was against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup. We beat them 2-0 away and then I gave an interview and said 'I'm a professional, I will do my job, I will try to do the best for Chelsea and you don't need to complain about me because I will leave at the end of the season'."
He continued: “I remember waiting for my family at a train station and someone approached me and said 'I'm a Chelsea fan, thank you very much for what you did for us, you did well'. I have had this conversation so many times that I'm still asked 'bad memories?'. No, good memories.
“People have a wrong perception of my time at Chelsea. I still have a lot of friends there.
“At the end of the season we went to America and played two friendly games against Manchester City, and the chairman and the chief executive gave me a dinner in New York."
