NEWCASTLE’S Spanish flop Xisco has revealed failure to wake up to their snowballing problems last season led to the Magpies slide into the Championship.

The Spain Under-21 forward has been a shadowy figure since making the £5.7m switch from Deportivo la Coruna to Tyneside nine months ago – featuring only five times in Newcastle colours.

But as he prepared to face England U-21s in tomorrow’s European Championship clash in Gothenburg, Xisco exposed the chaotic situation at St James’ Park.

“I am sad for everyone because Newcastle fans are amazing,” he said. “I remember my first game when I came. It was ‘wow, what a team, what fans!’ This last year has been hard, very hard. But there were many problems.

“First it was like a small snowball, then the problems rolled and rolled, got bigger and bigger and then when it was time to wake up it was too late. We did not have time to recover.”

Xisco was brought to the club by Dennis Wise and Tony Jimenez and the transfer was believed to have precipitated Kevin Keegan’s acrimonious departure from the club. His subsequent failure to impress Keegan’s successors has prompted Xisco to question his future at the club.

“I knew the story that Keegan was not the one who wanted to sign me. We never spoke much. I would say ‘hello’. That was about it.

“When Kinnear came... for me nothing. On that first Monday I knew I would not be playing. There was no communication with Kinnear. I was very angry. For a player the most important thing is respect. I felt they didn’t care if I trained well or trained badly. It was ‘You stay here and train one or two hours and then go home’.

“At the beginning it improved when Shearer came in. But I understand his situation.

He had to use players who had played all season. He had only eight games to change it around. That was too short. But no one thought Newcastle would go down.”

“They (the board) don’t know what they want. I don’t know what I will do. Newcastle don’t know what will happen with the manager, who is the manager, nothing. I have to wait for a call to see if they want me there or if they want me to go on loan. I cannot afford another year like it.

“I need to play. If I can’t play at Newcastle I have to find another team. I love England and Newcastle is a nice city to live in.

“I was surprised because I had heard many legends about England. About the weather, the food and everything closes 5pm!”