Steve Bruce apologises for sweary outburst on Dwight Gayle during talkSPORT
Steve Bruce has admitted he did not get on ‘very well’ with Dwight Gayle at Newcastle.
The pair have become embroiled in a public spat in recent days after the striker hit out at his former manager.
Gayle made 45 appearances under Bruce at St. James’ Park, scoring five goals.
However, he played just 20 minutes in the Premier League during the 2021/22 season before Bruce was sacked by the Magpies.
Speaking to the Open Goal podcast, the forward explained: “He was okay. I felt that he didn’t perhaps spend enough time on working on a lot of things with us.
“I think he was trying to go game by game, rather than perhaps developing us as a team. I just feel like we could’ve improved with a lot of things.”
However, Bruce has now addressed the comments after being asked how he got on with Gayle.
The Blackpool boss told Breakfast: “Obviously not very well.
“Yeah, I was, listen, how I got regurgitated again when Newcastle have had their best week in 70-odd years is typical of my time probably in the North East, you know.
“I was surprised and disappointed with some of the comments that Dwight made because half of it was, well, exaggerated to say the least and the other half was just lies basically, which I found very, very difficult to understand.”
