Joey Barton isn't the most popular figure in England among neutral football fans after a career that has seen him hit the headlines more often for controversial actions than stunning play on the pitch. Now, he has attempted to make himself even more of a hate figure in certain quarters of the game by revealing his shock at being ignored by Fabio Capello for involvement in the England squad.
With Barton enjoying a fairly good season with Newcastle as the Magpies seek to stay up after promotion from the Championship last summer, there are some who believe he could be a valuable addition to the England set-up if he can put his personal issues behind him and focus solely on his game. However, it seems as if the rage and lack of common sense that so often cause him problems have failed to disappear, with the player launching a stinging attack at individual England players while explaining his feelings at being snubbed.
Barton has just the one England cap to his name but still apparently believes he is the best midfielder involved in the English game at the moment, the player revealing in an interview that he honestly thinks he is the "best" English midfielder.
Barton didn't stop there, though. In fact, he continued to single out Gareth Barry for personal criticism, the Newcastle man referring back to England's World Cup defeat at the hands of Germany before stating that "if you watch the fourth goal, when Ozil was up against Barry, it was like the hare and the tortoise". With Fabio Capello a man who isn't easy to impress at the best of times, it seems clear that he won't have made too many friends in the England managerial set-up with this latest criticism.
It seems strange to think for one so immature that Barton is now 28 years old, but with the player not exactly being a youngster, it would seem that his bizarre attempt to work his way into Capello's plans is simply too little too late, particularly in light of his impressive CV of previous bad behaviour.
With Barton enjoying a fairly good season with Newcastle as the Magpies seek to stay up after promotion from the Championship last summer, there are some who believe he could be a valuable addition to the England set-up if he can put his personal issues behind him and focus solely on his game. However, it seems as if the rage and lack of common sense that so often cause him problems have failed to disappear, with the player launching a stinging attack at individual England players while explaining his feelings at being snubbed.
Barton has just the one England cap to his name but still apparently believes he is the best midfielder involved in the English game at the moment, the player revealing in an interview that he honestly thinks he is the "best" English midfielder.
Barton didn't stop there, though. In fact, he continued to single out Gareth Barry for personal criticism, the Newcastle man referring back to England's World Cup defeat at the hands of Germany before stating that "if you watch the fourth goal, when Ozil was up against Barry, it was like the hare and the tortoise". With Fabio Capello a man who isn't easy to impress at the best of times, it seems clear that he won't have made too many friends in the England managerial set-up with this latest criticism.
It seems strange to think for one so immature that Barton is now 28 years old, but with the player not exactly being a youngster, it would seem that his bizarre attempt to work his way into Capello's plans is simply too little too late, particularly in light of his impressive CV of previous bad behaviour.
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