Jason Tindall hits out at his critics as Eddie Howe's Newcastle No 2 insists he doesn't 'give a s***' what people think of him and his antics

Newcastle adjunct manager Jason Tindall has deed backmost astatine his critics successful an X-rated response.

Eddie Howe's No 2 has often made headlines for his passionate quality connected the touchline, and the information helium is often beforehand and centre of Newcastle's off-field antics contempt not really being successful complaint of the team.

Whether it's being successful the mediate of squad photos, being archetypal to shingle an opposing manager's manus oregon fans singing his name, Tindall is nary alien to the mean Premier League fan.

Apart from a little stint arsenic Bournemouth manager, Tindall has been Howe's trusted No 2 for 17 years and helped present Newcastle's archetypal large trophy successful 70 erstwhile they bushed Liverpool successful the Carabao Cup last astatine Wembley.

Many fans person an sentiment connected him - Newcastle supporters emotion him - and it's thing that helium is good alert of, but helium has claimed that helium doesn't fto that get to him.

Speaking to The Telegraph, Tindall suggested helium doesn't enactment a definite mode connected intent - helium is conscionable himself and if that doesn't suit someone, past that's their problem.

'It's not my volition to pull attraction if that makes sense,' helium said. 'People accidental I've got excessively precocious a illustration for an adjunct manager, however that has travel about, but again, I don't instrumentality immoderate announcement of it oregon deliberation I'm going to bash this to summation much attention.

'The extracurricular satellite tin accidental what they say, but it's conscionable me. I conscionable spell astir my business. This isn't caller and Ed volition accidental the same, the mode I americium astatine Newcastle is precisely the aforesaid arsenic I was astatine Bournemouth.

'It's portion of my character, I don't attraction what radical think. I cognize who I am, the occupation I bash and the power I person implicit a batch of things. And the lone happening I attraction astir is doing my occupation the champion I tin for Newcastle United.

'I don't attraction if I'm upsetting radical on the way. People volition astir apt justice the mode I look, what I deterioration and however I behave. None of this is caller to me.

'The world is I bash not springiness a s*** what radical deliberation and what radical accidental due to the fact that I'm assured successful my ain skin, I'm assured successful what I do. If you don't cognize me, what you deliberation doesn't substance successful the slightest.'

Tindall is nary alien to the unusual disagreement. In December, helium and Aston Villa expert Victor Manas were sent disconnected by referee Anthony Taylor aft tempers flared successful the passageway astatine St James' Park.

Tindall was earlier progressive successful a heated speech with visiting manager Unai Emery during a feisty first-half that included a consecutive reddish paper for Villa striker Jhon Duran.

In the fallout, helium said helium does not attraction if helium upsets absorption staff, but insisted helium would ne'er snub a handshake similar Emery did to him this week.

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He besides believes the Premier League regularisation alteration allowing lone 1 manager to basal successful the method country was specifically brought successful to interaction connected him and Howe.

It was Jurgen Klopp who suggested the regularisation alteration involving coaches successful the method country was targeted astatine Newcastle, and Tindall agreed.

'It astir apt was,' helium said successful February. 'But I ever say, I've ne'er got immoderate problems if immoderate coaching unit privation to spell and basal up alongside their manager to assistance their squad oregon to speech to whoever.

'I deliberation you person to bash it successful a respectful mode and you person to beryllium abide by the rules. I deliberation we've done that good this year. I mightiness get a small spot carried distant from clip to time, but I ever get dragged backmost into my spot by the 4th official, and that's fine.'