Newcastle and ex-Man City midfielder set for the sack
by stresster on June 8th, 2008
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To be fair, if Joey Barton was anything other than a professional footballer, he would have run out of chances a long time ago. However, the Daily Mail report that his career could be effectively over, with Newcastle United planning to release the player who is currently on a suspended £55k a week while in the slammer.
Newcastle are planning to sack jailed £55,000-a-week midfielder Joey Barton unless he agrees to a 50-per-cent pay cut.
Manager Kevin Keegan wants to keep Barton, despite him being imprisoned for six months in May for assault and affray.
But the Newcastle hierarchy, led by owner Mike Ashley, executive director Dennis Wise and vice-president Tony Jimenez, are not happy and could move to dismiss the player even before the case begins on June 30.
Great things were expected of Barton when he arrived at St James’ Park last summer. It was supposed to mark a new beginning forthe ex-Man City midfielder, a new leaf under manager Sam Allardyce. However, a leopard has not been able to change its spots, despite being given several opportunities to do so.
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Tagged Under: allardyce, Joey Barton, keegan, man city, Newcastle FC, wise
mancity fan - June 8th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
hahahahahaha serves him right. hope he does get sacked. he sucks and man city made 5.8million of him. wat a great bit of business hahahahaha
Anonymous - June 8th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
if only this were true.
unfortunately, there is always going to a club with low morals, and a manager with even lower morals (Fat Sam) who will be likely to sign him back up once he is released.
newcastle are in a difficult position, as he is effectivey an asset they paid £5.5million for. and just to sack him so another club can pick him up for free, possibly as early as january wouldnt be good business
i agree, the jumped up little scouse sh1t deserves nothing more than to rot in prison, or struggle through life back in huyton on the dole, but unfortunately that counts for little in the big money business of premiership football
Anonymous - June 8th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
I think it’s hilarious that last year he was lording it around Eastlands telling everyone he could get double the 30k the club were offering if he went elsewhere and now he’s got to go back to having less than that.
He’s a laughing stock.
VILLA 82 - June 8th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Barton is complete scum and so is the rest of his pikey family all he needs now his grandparents banged up and they can have a get together on the roof.
RayParlourforPresident - June 9th, 2008 at 10:01 am
this proves the point made on five live that if they weren’t footballers most of them would be cleaning the streets….
no offence to anyone who cleans the streets but if he wasn’t a footballer he would struggle to find any job with his shocking attitude and revolting chav personality, not to mention his criminal record, he is the worst example of scum.
Unfortunately though I think anonymous is right - there will always be someone who foots the bill whereas he deserves to be shut in a cage and slowly drowned in his own excrement. revolting example of human let alone footballer.
shows that money and talent can’t buy class.
Ken Cheese - June 9th, 2008 at 12:23 pm
He was good in manstrokewoman