00:00I've been in football long enough to understand that for a player the careers are short and they've got things that they want to achieve
00:08so for me I'm happy that it's over
00:12Alex is a mate so it was a tough situation because you want him to be around and helping the team
00:18but also understand for him what he needs to do personally
00:21I've got nothing but good wishes for Alex
00:24No animosity towards him?
00:26No, no animosity
00:27obviously as a Newcastle fan you know what Newcastle fans are like
00:31we're very protective of our club and we're City
00:34you want players to be there who want to play for Newcastle
00:38and you don't want them to sort of naively think that there's anywhere else to go apart from playing Newcastle
00:44so I understand why our fans are frustrated
00:47but as I said I think I've been in the game long enough now to understand what goes on
00:51and as I said I wish Alex all the best apart from when we play Liverpool obviously
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