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Jonas Gutierrez battling testicular cancer

Jonas Gutierrez battling testicular cancer
19.09.2014 12:30

The world of football has rallied around Jonas Gutierrez as the Argentine fights testicular cancer.

A midfielder with Newcastle and Argentina, Gutierrez made the announcement during a television interview earlier this week.

The 31-year-old underwent an operation to remove his left testicle last October after the discovery of a tumor.

But after an inflammation of the groin was spotted by doctors at the end of last season, he returned to Argentina to undergo chemotherapy.

"When I was told I had cancer, I went home in tears," he said in an interview with Argentine television show Indirecto on TyC Sports.

"In May 2013, I felt very tough pains on my testicle. After some wrong diagnosis, an ultrasound detected the tumor.

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

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

Gutierrez recalls the final day of the 2012-13 Premier League season where he first felt pain following a tackle with Bacary Sagna, then of Arsenal.

(CNN)

Bakudaily.Az

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